01-26-2016, 08:04 PM
When “the gods” and some other NEW folks came over from UOSA, I set them up in my patio. I made sure to co-own “the gods” though because I knew I wouldn’t be on enough to add people as they trickle over. I’m just not a good candidate to run that type of operation because I’m not on enough. I could team up with someone and help out though.
The main value for houses early is to macro safely (towns are pretty safe, but need private house for some of the better leveling techniques) & storage/transfer of goods. It’s tough doing it outside of a guild structure though. There’s no accountability.
• Anyone friended can access the goods you stored
• Anyone friended can unlock the door for their red or a friends red to kill you
• Anyone friended can herd a bear into the house to kill you and take all those juicy regs when you work magery, etc etc.
Stuff would go missing, someone would die as they macro’d. Then the property owner would have to spend their time and cash dealing with all the drama. Not fun. The internet proves demonstrably every day that when there is no accountability, people will act horribly. Not everyone, but enough people that running this house would be problematic at best.
I really do like the idea, and I do see how it could be run. You would have to set up a 10-12 Cabin (small house) Rental service somewhere. You’d want them all in one spot (for refresh purposes), the rent would actually be free. You would want it within safe distance of a town and moongate, with low spawn. You would only co-own one person per cabin, and you would need their forum names for contact outside of the game.
You don’t have to worry about the stealing or killing issue, as it would be because they added the person or they left their door unlocked (making them accountable). You would be able to set up 10 people for the same price as a Tower, with none of the drama and 10 people stepping on each other in the tower. New players would be more likely to run into each other as they tend to live in same neighborhood. The only downside is you would have to watch for decay. If they let the house go into greatly worn, and they don’t respond via private message in a week, you’d have to REPO the house & its contents for the accounts that go Idle. All you would need is 10-12 characters able to place a house, which could be problematic.
The main value for houses early is to macro safely (towns are pretty safe, but need private house for some of the better leveling techniques) & storage/transfer of goods. It’s tough doing it outside of a guild structure though. There’s no accountability.
• Anyone friended can access the goods you stored
• Anyone friended can unlock the door for their red or a friends red to kill you
• Anyone friended can herd a bear into the house to kill you and take all those juicy regs when you work magery, etc etc.
Stuff would go missing, someone would die as they macro’d. Then the property owner would have to spend their time and cash dealing with all the drama. Not fun. The internet proves demonstrably every day that when there is no accountability, people will act horribly. Not everyone, but enough people that running this house would be problematic at best.
I really do like the idea, and I do see how it could be run. You would have to set up a 10-12 Cabin (small house) Rental service somewhere. You’d want them all in one spot (for refresh purposes), the rent would actually be free. You would want it within safe distance of a town and moongate, with low spawn. You would only co-own one person per cabin, and you would need their forum names for contact outside of the game.
You don’t have to worry about the stealing or killing issue, as it would be because they added the person or they left their door unlocked (making them accountable). You would be able to set up 10 people for the same price as a Tower, with none of the drama and 10 people stepping on each other in the tower. New players would be more likely to run into each other as they tend to live in same neighborhood. The only downside is you would have to watch for decay. If they let the house go into greatly worn, and they don’t respond via private message in a week, you’d have to REPO the house & its contents for the accounts that go Idle. All you would need is 10-12 characters able to place a house, which could be problematic.
Thanks,
Varak - Bard/Mage
Varak - Bard/Mage