kurtis
Grandmaster
TLDR: Slightly increase storage of classic houses to make them more competitive and incentivize these classics to be placed.
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After running around Sosaria looking for house design inspiration for a newly placed plot, I noticed two simple facts: most houses are custom houses and most custom houses are horribly designed. I have a headache from looking at these eye sores (disclosure: headache probably unrelated).
Classic houses have three major downfalls. The first is that they don't get teleporters. Not only are teleporters convenient but without them people can follow you into your house. Just see a recent posted by Manrik to see why this can be an annoyance: http://www.uoforum.com/threads/bomb...ive-guide-to-the-pk-tinker.74160/#post-554978. But this is fine. Being stalked rarely comes into play, and regular doors allow classic houses to maintain the nostalgic feel. I don't think this needs to be changed.
The second downfall is that you only get a deed back when you demolish a classic, where as you get your investment back with customs. This could use changing I think but that is a different thread for a different time.
The third downfall is that you almost always lose storage. Custom housing storage scales with the size. So it makes sense for you to utilize every tile of space to get increased storage. If you have a 12x12 space, you are best served by placing a 12x12 and not a Villa, because the Villa will give you less storage. The exception is the Large Tower, which gives you max storage in virtue of its size. And guess what? These are everywhere. This was the most common classic I ran across. Why? Because there is no lost storage.
Right now, I have space for a Max Storage. I would love, love, love to place a beautiful Large Marble or a Large Brick but I would lose almost 1000 storage to do so. It's too tough of a sacrifice, and I just won't make it. If the loss was less than 500, I would seriously consider it and honestly probably just go Classic.
The solution? Increase the storage of classic houses, making them more competitive. It doesn't have to be anything drastic. And I'm inclined to say that Large Towers and up don't need an adjustment since they are already Max or above max. But for all the other awesome classic houses, give them a boost. How many Large Marbles do you see out there? How many two stories? How many large bricks? I run across one every so often but it's pretty damn rare. Usually, I'm looking at junky custom houses or empty storage plots.
I think the big candidates for change are: large brick, large house with patio (1 tile away from Max storage and thus almost 1000 lost storage), two stories, small stone tower, sandstone, marble house with patio, villa, log cabin.
The result? A much better looking Sosaria with a much more nostalgic feel.
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After running around Sosaria looking for house design inspiration for a newly placed plot, I noticed two simple facts: most houses are custom houses and most custom houses are horribly designed. I have a headache from looking at these eye sores (disclosure: headache probably unrelated).
Classic houses have three major downfalls. The first is that they don't get teleporters. Not only are teleporters convenient but without them people can follow you into your house. Just see a recent posted by Manrik to see why this can be an annoyance: http://www.uoforum.com/threads/bomb...ive-guide-to-the-pk-tinker.74160/#post-554978. But this is fine. Being stalked rarely comes into play, and regular doors allow classic houses to maintain the nostalgic feel. I don't think this needs to be changed.
The second downfall is that you only get a deed back when you demolish a classic, where as you get your investment back with customs. This could use changing I think but that is a different thread for a different time.
The third downfall is that you almost always lose storage. Custom housing storage scales with the size. So it makes sense for you to utilize every tile of space to get increased storage. If you have a 12x12 space, you are best served by placing a 12x12 and not a Villa, because the Villa will give you less storage. The exception is the Large Tower, which gives you max storage in virtue of its size. And guess what? These are everywhere. This was the most common classic I ran across. Why? Because there is no lost storage.
Right now, I have space for a Max Storage. I would love, love, love to place a beautiful Large Marble or a Large Brick but I would lose almost 1000 storage to do so. It's too tough of a sacrifice, and I just won't make it. If the loss was less than 500, I would seriously consider it and honestly probably just go Classic.
The solution? Increase the storage of classic houses, making them more competitive. It doesn't have to be anything drastic. And I'm inclined to say that Large Towers and up don't need an adjustment since they are already Max or above max. But for all the other awesome classic houses, give them a boost. How many Large Marbles do you see out there? How many two stories? How many large bricks? I run across one every so often but it's pretty damn rare. Usually, I'm looking at junky custom houses or empty storage plots.
I think the big candidates for change are: large brick, large house with patio (1 tile away from Max storage and thus almost 1000 lost storage), two stories, small stone tower, sandstone, marble house with patio, villa, log cabin.
The result? A much better looking Sosaria with a much more nostalgic feel.
