DFTM

Housing, it’s complicated

Daedric princes, birthsigns, guilds, and many more elements that players strongly associate with the franchise are all integral parts of the game. Some things, like player housing, aren’t making the transition to an MMO because of the constraints inherent to an online game, but Zenimax Online is including everything that makes sense. (Game Informer, What Elder Scrolls Online Offers Skyrim Fans, MMO Players)

Quick, call the developers of Lord of the Rings Online, Everquest 2, the original Everquest, Final Fantasy XI, Runes of Magic, (the late) Star Wars Galaxies, Vanguard, Wurm, Ultima Online, Wakfu, whoever came up with guild ships in Dungeons & Dragons Online and the guy behind astral ships in Allods Online, the dev team in charge of fleshing out the concept of guild ships in SWTOR, or any other MMO studio that includes player owned housing or variants thereof and tell them that because of the constraints inherent to an online game their housing systems make no sense.

Posted on May 12th, 2012 in Games