I appreciate the new summoning bells, it's a step in the right direction in terms of convenience, but it's a huge step backwards in terms of creating a community within the ward. ( which is a bad idea anyways but w/e)
Right now the bells are scattered throughout the ward, the only people that I run into are my closest neighbors + my FC members, no one else.
This is not great for social presence....we've already been taken out of the city into these suburbs, and now these suburbs have been further subdivided by these market boards and bells. There is a point where convenience is too much.
I suggest that SE let us teleport from our house to the ward's central market location. I know that some of the housing prices were originally based on location, but these wards should have ONE or maybe maximum of TWO locations that people congregate and possible have random interactions.
Please consider changing this for the future of the housing wards.
SE, Please fix this
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02-22-2014, 01:00 PMTaeiSE, Please fix this
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02-22-2014, 04:07 PMWellFooled
While I appreciate where you're coming from I'm not sure I agree with your suggested changes (and I'm not even sure you agree with them. What do you mean that a community within the ward is a bad idea?) There are hundreds of people at any given moment at the market boards in the major cities, but I wouldn't call my visits there social. I would argue that the more people there are the less likely you'll have social interaction.
If you'd like to get to know your neighbors better; pay them a visit, send a tell, walk to the market boards on their side of the ward and see if anyone wants to talk. -
02-23-2014, 02:09 AMTaei
There is a value in just being in a prescence of strangers. Just go to your nearest city downtown...
Also please look into the viability of suburban neighborhoods and then you will realize they are social disasters. These wards are essentially the same thing, they take away people from the cities and disperse them into these isolated zones (for lag sure)
My problem is that, there is no need to further disperse this low population. The random chance encounter is very valuable. -
02-23-2014, 03:46 AMAstralosYou're entitled to your opinions but these have no factual basis whatsoever. Also, MMOs are different than real life.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taei
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02-23-2014, 08:21 AMdemomo
100% Agree with this, a centralized area of each ward would be much more appealing than the current haphazardly placed marketboards and random middle of a path summoning bells(lookin at you mist). As it stands now, the only people I see while at my house are the direct neighbors, and occasionally someone else will wander over, peer in and never be seen again. It'd be nice to give a feeling of "community" to each ward, as right now it feels too spread for the small number of people who chose to idle in their home ward.
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02-23-2014, 06:07 PMTaeiDo some research into urban design please. Read "The Death and Life of Great American Cities" - Jane Jacobs. There is a lot of theory behind urban planning and MMO communities are not too much different...Quote:
Originally Posted by Astralos