2 house rule ruined this shard
in Siege
I think that most of the houses on this shard are just claimed by people who hardly even play on the shard. They are claimed for the sole purpose of owning two houses and to take up large valuable space.
Most people prefer to play on regular shards because you can bless and insure your items or even live in trammel. Not many people play on siege and it's quite possible that they don't play because they can't find a house plot.
Think about it. There are 2 servers out of 27 where you can have an additional house. It was bound to be abused and now there are hardly any plots on siege. There are hardly any plots and hardly anyone using the plots that are taken.
Think about it further... 2 servers out of 27. That's 25 servers worth of people able to place a house on Siege and never use it.
I think this rule needs to change somehow. Like, put a gump on peoples screens saying you have two houses you need to pick which one you want to keep and all of your items in the house not chosen will be transported to a container in your bank box. *something like that* and if they don't choose then the house which they use the least will be demolished and belongings transported to their bank.
Most people prefer to play on regular shards because you can bless and insure your items or even live in trammel. Not many people play on siege and it's quite possible that they don't play because they can't find a house plot.
Think about it. There are 2 servers out of 27 where you can have an additional house. It was bound to be abused and now there are hardly any plots on siege. There are hardly any plots and hardly anyone using the plots that are taken.
Think about it further... 2 servers out of 27. That's 25 servers worth of people able to place a house on Siege and never use it.
I think this rule needs to change somehow. Like, put a gump on peoples screens saying you have two houses you need to pick which one you want to keep and all of your items in the house not chosen will be transported to a container in your bank box. *something like that* and if they don't choose then the house which they use the least will be demolished and belongings transported to their bank.
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Cheers MissE
Please make the Grizzled Mare a 5 slot mount, it's incredibly rare and deserves it. Some of us have been waiting a long time for this simple addition.
co-ower boxes, friends that had access could refresh your homes when they enter your door.
Needless to say we had a LOT of people friended to our small homes. When we were told that we would have to choose a shard to make a permanent home we picked Sonoma mainly as that is where we had the largest group of known friends. Our Siege Characters (back then two accounts) were in a city Inn. I still miss having all those small homes across those shard..
But I am happy that I do have a base to operate from on Siege. And that my Crafters are in a good guild.
I don't get much of a chance to play Siege like I was but if it came down to a choice once more like so long ago then I would once more say so long.
Now if I can make sure to catch the the next Gov meeting I will be OK.
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Treasure Hunters
It sucks seeing prime real estate consumed by off-shard players who have no real intentions of playing Siege. It sucks worse when you find those players somewhere like stratics and they know what they’re doing, and don’t care that it’s impacting the younger players of Siege Perilous.
I think a solid solution is to make players set either house to primary, while the second house requires a refresh by the owner once per month. This has been suggested by others, and I think it’s pretty sound. You could also add a gold sink into the game by charging a monthly gold tax to players who own houses on both Siege and Prodoction.
it is fine the way it is
at the time the rule was put into place siege was at one of its lowest populations ever! everyone knew the risks and what was going to happen. But looking back at it, we drew a lot of people here for the housing. it gives people an opportunity to try a shard like siege for an extended amount of time. It also allows siege players to place on prodo. It is fine the way it is, still plenty of spots to place a large house. You want the devs to do something for siege, have them focus on the following.
1. stealth/passive detect it is so op here it sucks
2. up the loot table, give better drops more often, or add blessings
3. VVV arties really just put them on here already.
4. Crafted gear should be stronger than it is.
5. cut rot down in time. like 2 4 6 minutes. tops
you do a couple of those and you might get people here. yeah 1 and 3 are selfish but hey the Bo can dream.
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Treasure Hunters
I am not a fan of letting houses refresh but IF there will be a change, I vote for 60-120 days. Not sure about this, however. And the game should have to send you a reminder via EMail, of course. People tend to forget deadlines.
But in contrast to my first statement some months ago, I would now rather vote for: Dont touch housing. There are enough other measures to improve siege (Blessing items, for example). Even tho my heart bleeds to see so many good spots ruined by people who dont play the shard.
I'd wager a lot of players logged into Siege, ran round and placed a plot and if they had to they couldn't find it today.
As a player who has recently been playing Siege full-time, I've ran around the entire world several times looking for good spots to place a house. I've seen hundreds of empty plots and I've seen hundreds of seemingly abandoned houses.
It was a good idea to try to get more players to Siege, however the idea has failed. It's time for a change. The second house on Siege concept is fine, they should simply have to be refreshed, that's all.
If anyone follows my posts on Stratics, you'll know I'm a vocal advocate of a second house per account, anywhere, on any shard. That would quickly and permanently eliminate this problem on Siege. Most of these houses would disappear almost overnight.