Guild Wars 2… Which MMO has the most useless housing system? 10 Apr 2022 I saw this article on Massively Overpowered about useless housing systems in MMOs. Of course, this is a more or less subjective question, but that's why I liked reading about…
Housing… New World and Housing 23 Oct 2021 One of the main reasons that I decided to buy New World, after all, was its Housing feature. It's no Rift or Wildstar housing (or - insert any other MMO…
Game Design… Why I stopped loving Rift 3 Oct 20203 Oct 2020 Justin from Massively came up with a really good question about why Rift didn't do better. Quite obviously, I cannot answer this question in general or even for the majority…
Blogging Months… What’s the point in housing? 25 Apr 2020 In a post musing about the problems with housing in MMOs, Roger from Contains Moderate Peril said that you can ask 100 players and will get 100 answers as to…
Elder Scrolls Online… Screenshot Saturday: Home in ESO 4 May 2019 I spent my morning trying to decide which small little house (Staple House) to buy in Elder Scrolls Online. The decision was between Twin Arches in Bangkorai and Autumn's-Gate in…
Housing… Rift Dimensions: Tree House in Moonshade Pools 2 Apr 201713 Apr 2017 For months, I've been dreaming about making a tree house for my elf (Kelari, actually) rogue in Rift. I had chosen the Stone Grove already, but something didn't "click". It…
Housing… Rift Housing: Stone Grove 4 Jul 2016 My newest housing project is "Stone Grove". I want to build a house up in the trees. I guess I'll also have to plant a few more trees, as the…
Game Design… Housing in MMOs: Wildstar 13 Mar 2016 The first parts of this series were posted a long time ago, but I recently stumbled over one of them again and figured I should add Wildstar to this list.…
Housing… My personal oasis in Rift 9 Nov 20149 Jan 2015 With the new expansion, Rift added the "Minions" mini game. I won't go into how the "game" - let's rather call it "activity" - works. I will save that for…
Game Design… Housing in MMOs: Everquest 2 23 Feb 2014 I felt that there could not be a blog post seriesĀ about housing (with Lord of the Rings Online, Aion and Rift) without Everquest 2. Even though I have never…
Game Design… Housing in MMOs: Rift 1 Feb 20149 Jan 2015 This is part 3 of the series "Housing in MMOs". After looking at Lord of the Rings Online and Aion, I will focus on Rift today. The most important difference…
Games… Housing in MMOs: Aion 27 Jan 201427 Jan 2014 This is part 2 of the "Housing in MMOs" series. Part 1 was looking at Lord of the Rings Online. Today's MMO is Aion. This blog post was largely written…
Game Design… Housing in MMOs: Lord of the Rings Online 10 Jan 2014 There are many things I want and expect from MMOs and one thing is housing. I love feeling as if I was in a virtual world and for me, having…