Estate tags in 4.4!

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Originally Posted by Beckett

I cannot stand the photofilters on housing images. All they do is make things harder to see, let alone actually figure out which specific items are being used.

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That is a simple mind trick to make the picture look more "real". Horror movies rely on it all the time, using poor lighting to force the viewer to fill in the gaps with their own imagination. It is the cheapest way of keeping immersion when dealing a unconvincing monster costume or a cheaply made set.

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Originally Posted by Bahati

I think most RPers will tag their house as an RP space, even if they are not logged in or in the actual house to RP. There is always the option of closing access to the public if you don't want people RPing in your house if you aren't there.

Most RP houses will state if it is OK to RP in there on the greeting on the placard outside. Or the days/hours the house is available.

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Well, my question is whether I should mark my house as an RP space even if I’m not actively RPing except for like jokingly in my FC maybe. I’m always happy about visitors and it’s a nicely decorated space to hang out in. I’d often sit in the lounge in my basement with people from my FC just to talk or while people are waiting for Q pop

I love this new feature. Could we possibly get an Inn tag for rooms intended for lodging / houses that are RP inns but don't serve food and drinks like a tavern?

This is fantastic! I've already visited a few houses with the book icon. Only complaint is that I have to go to the skipper/entrance/etc. to look through the wards to see the tags (that I know of so far), when it'd be so much easier to see which houses have the book via map or something (I don't care about the other tags being on the map, just the book one).

Finished my grand tour of the wards on Excalibur this weekend. I went to all four housing zones and scoured every ward for estates with the message book tag. Then I visited those houses and commented in the books. I also went through the apartments and found the few with message book tags (people use the tags a lot more for the main houses than they do for apartments and FC rooms).

Overall, the system seems to be working well on my server. There were a few cases where the houses were locked without outdoor books or were lacking books altogether, but most people who did use the tag were using it correctly. It really is valuable because it helps to filter out the people who don't pay attention to housing much or don't want visitors while setting a more realistic goal in terms of number of houses to explore. Visiting every single house on the server is impossible, as even going for marked houses took me a few days of touring the wards casually. I already received one visitor to my house as well who was possibly aided by the message book tag I set up. Provided there isn't a large uptick in people abusing the tags and those who don't care continue to ignore them, I think the system is pretty good as it is. I would like to be able to see message book tags on the map, but that would be a small QoL improvement and isn't something I consider necessary.

Sadly, the book icon has gotten me nothing. :( My ward is boring. An FC mate of mine got more likes for her small in a week than I did in a month with my mansion. I actually run around my ward looking for others and rarely see anyone.

I'm having a lot of fun with this! I've visited several amazing houses that I might've never noticed without the estate tags.

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Originally Posted by Ryaz

Sadly, the book icon has gotten me nothing. :( My ward is boring. An FC mate of mine got more likes for her small in a week than I did in a month with my mansion. I actually run around my ward looking for others and rarely see anyone.

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Mansion. Personally owned. Sprinkle the salt fertilizer on your lawn, my dear friend.

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Originally Posted by Lissandra

Mansion. Personally owned. Sprinkle the salt fertilizer on your lawn, my dear friend.

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Wait, was that salt comment directed at me or other players?

Either way, it's not like my mansion was just given to me. Grinded my gatherers and crafters to 70 over the course of half a year, scrimped and saved, and checked the wards several times a day every day waiting for one to free up. I worked my ass off to get one and decorate it nice. No reason for people to be jealous of people working to earn things, especially when they have the opportunity to do the same. It just requires patience.

It would just be nice if people visited once in a while.

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Originally Posted by Ryaz

Wait, was that salt comment directed at me or other players?

Either way, it's not like my mansion was just given to me. Grinded my gatherers and crafters to 70 over the course of half a year, scrimped and saved, and checked the wards several times a day every day waiting for one to free up. I worked my ass off to get one and decorate it nice. No reason for people to be jealous of people working to earn things, especially when they have the opportunity to do the same. It just requires patience.

It would just be nice if people visited once in a while.

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Other players. I have no qualms with someone owning a mansion to themselves. :)