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JohnFattyJohnFatty Member Posts: 9
in Vanguard: Saga of Heroes

As an old SWG player, I have been in search of an MMO that has some of the traits that made SWG fun and enjoyable.  Tried WoW and one of the real complaints that I have about it is the lack of community and the auction houses.  I was wondering if anyone in Beta could tell me if there is going to be player housing in SOH?  Will players be able to buy, place houses and build players cities?  It just seems like a good way to promote interaction, a guild can build a city and a house is a place where you can store stuff or chill.

What about personal vendors where you can essentially open you own store and sell your products if you are a crafter or gatherer?  I hope they don't handle it like the auctions on WoW.

Just thinking out loud.

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  • viciousexeviciousexe Member Posts: 123
    I'm not in beta but I've heard from more than one source and I'm positive you can place a house almost anywhere on the map and sell your stuff from it. I don't know about the citys or guilds though, sorry.


  • Nichole222Nichole222 Member Posts: 47
    Originally posted by JohnFatty
    As an old SWG player, I have been in search of an MMO that has some of the traits that made SWG fun and enjoyable.  Tried WoW and one of the real complaints that I have about it is the lack of community and the auction houses.  I was wondering if anyone in Beta could tell me if there is going to be player housing in SOH?  Will players be able to buy, place houses and build players cities?  It just seems like a good way to promote interaction, a guild can build a city and a house is a place where you can store stuff or chill. What about personal vendors where you can essentially open you own store and sell your products if you are a crafter or gatherer?  I hope they don't handle it like the auctions on WoW. Just thinking out loud.
    JohnFatty, I am also a former SWG player (I played for about a year and a half from release) and one of the many things I miss about SWG is the housing, which in turn brought a great community feel to the game. There were days were I would get bored being a triple master Brawler, Pike-man, and TKA master and kicking every ones butts, so I would go to the outskirts of Theed or Corellia and go shopping for hours, or even just look at the great decorating in every ones houses. I soon became a well known house / guildhall decorator on my server and I not only made great money doing so, but I met some wonderful people.

    I've played a few games since leaving SWG and I have found NOTHING that even compares to my enjoyment of SWG. As buggy and f'ed up SWG could be at times I really had a great time playing and I really do miss it.

    I've been keeping a close eye on the games in development and Vanguard has caught my eye the most, and the player housing is a big reason for that. I'm not in beta, but I've read several times how the housing will be very similar to SWG! Plus, I've seen a few development videos here and there showing player housing and it is very reminiscent of SWG. They even have boats in this game which you can decorate, from what I understand, which is a lot like the space vehicles in SWG.

    Here is a video I found that shows the housing. They don't get into showing / talking about the housing until 2 minutes into the video....

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph2dzunlkBk




  • MX13MX13 Member Posts: 2,489

    No one in Beta can tell you anything. That said, it's public knowledge that:

    1) Player housing is in the game, will be in the game at launch & will be more customizable then SWG.

    2) Houses can only be placed in certian spots, to control sprawl.

    3) Player Cities are coming shortly after Launch, and will be similar to SWG's player Cities.

    I'll start my own SWG... with Black Jack... and Hookers!!!

    In fact, forget the SWG!!!!

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  • olddaddyolddaddy Member Posts: 3,356
    There is a Vanguard video floating around that covers housing. Basically, it appears there will be a sign posted for a buildable lot, some sort of negotiation to buy the lot, and then the house gets placed. The GM in the video placed the house, though I am not sure if players can select from different styles of houses, whether there is only one style, or whether each lot only comes with a certain style selection. In the video the GM opened up a tavern in the house, placing dishes and mugs, and hiring employees to work the tavern. There was alot of detail in placing objects, the can be turned on their side, like a spilled beer mug, rotated, etc. I got the drift that once you open your business in your house, and hire employees, you can go off and adventure for example, and the business runs itself. It really seemed pretty neat.
  • Nichole222Nichole222 Member Posts: 47
    Originally posted by olddaddy
    There is a Vanguard video floating around that covers housing. Basically, it appears there will be a sign posted for a buildable lot, some sort of negotiation to buy the lot, and then the house gets placed. The GM in the video placed the house, though I am not sure if players can select from different styles of houses, whether there is only one style, or whether each lot only comes with a certain style selection. In the video the GM opened up a tavern in the house, placing dishes and mugs, and hiring employees to work the tavern. There was alot of detail in placing objects, the can be turned on their side, like a spilled beer mug, rotated, etc. I got the drift that once you open your business in your house, and hire employees, you can go off and adventure for example, and the business runs itself. It really seemed pretty neat.
    Yep, I posted it two post above.... image

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph2dzunlkBk


  • JohnFattyJohnFatty Member Posts: 9

    And Thank You very much for doing so, It was very interesting and informative.  Just what I was looking for.

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  • AmatheAmathe Member LegendaryPosts: 7,630

    You bet there is gonna be housing! If there is anything where one player can have something better than another player through the investment of large amounts of time, it's in the game lol.

     

    EQ1, EQ2, SWG, SWTOR, GW, GW2 CoH, CoV, FFXI, WoW, CO, War,TSW and a slew of free trials and beta tests

  • anarchyartanarchyart Member Posts: 5,378


    Originally posted by Amathe

    You bet there is gonna be housing! If there is anything where one player can have something better than another player through the investment of large amounts of time, it's in the game lol.

    /yawn

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  • dragonacedragonace Member UncommonPosts: 1,185
    Originally posted by Amathe
    You bet there is gonna be housing! If there is anything where one player can have something better than another player through the investment of large amounts of time, it's in the game lol.  

    Could you elaborate on that comment more Amathe?

    Wouldn't it make sense that if someone spent say: 10 hours decorating and putting things together to form a theme for their house, that it would look better than someone that spent 10 minutes?

    And, if someone did choose to spend 10 hours or more decorating their house; why would you begrudge the fact that their house looked better than the person who spent 10 minutes on theirs?
  • PlanoMMPlanoMM Member Posts: 1,267


    Originally posted by dragonace



    Originally posted by Amathe

    You bet there is gonna be housing! If there is anything where one player can have something better than another player through the investment of large amounts of time, it's in the game lol.
     

    Could you elaborate on that comment more Amathe?

    Wouldn't it make sense that if someone spent say: 10 hours decorating and putting things together to form a theme for their house, that it would look better than someone that spent 10 minutes?

    And, if someone did choose to spend 10 hours or more decorating their house; why would you begrudge the fact that their house looked better than the person who spent 10 minutes on theirs?


    please dont feed the troll.  for referance, read some of Amathe's other posts.

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  • dragonacedragonace Member UncommonPosts: 1,185
    Originally posted by PlanoMM
    Originally posted by dragonace
    Originally posted by Amathe
    You bet there is gonna be housing! If there is anything where one player can have something better than another player through the investment of large amounts of time, it's in the game lol.  
    Could you elaborate on that comment more Amathe?

    Wouldn't it make sense that if someone spent say: 10 hours decorating and putting things together to form a theme for their house, that it would look better than someone that spent 10 minutes?

    And, if someone did choose to spend 10 hours or more decorating their house; why would you begrudge the fact that their house looked better than the person who spent 10 minutes on theirs?
    please dont feed the troll.  for referance, read some of Amathe's other posts.
    Oh I've read plenty of them.  Been quoted in a number of them in fact.  That's why I'm curious how that comment made it onto the boards.  Amathe is usually a bit better at disguising his trollish tendencies.  image


  • WarmechhWarmechh Member Posts: 126


    Originally posted by MX13

    No one in Beta can tell you anything. That said, it's public knowledge that:
    1) Player housing is in the game, will be in the game at launch & will be more customizable then SWG.
    2) Houses can only be placed in certian spots, to control sprawl.
    3) Player Cities are coming shortly after Launch, and will be similar to SWG's player Cities.

    Hey MX13!! How's that Site going for the fundraiser for the billboard?

     

    ANYWAYS.......IM STARTIN UP A GUILD FOR VANGUARD SO WE GOTTA CHANCE TO GET INTO BETA!!!!

     

    btw I LOVE the player housing in this game....This is what EXCITES ME THE MOST....I really wanna play this....its soo cool

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