Dilapidated Houses

[Meshico]

Since people have so much gil hanging around.

What do you all think about home repair, wear and dilapidation if you will, hence the title.

Just wear and tear of the house if people don't visit it for too long, and the grass grows longer and such.

You can repair it yourself, "botanist/miner" To cut the grass and miner to destroy the rocks and such people toss in your yard.

And the rest for the rest, i.e repairs, cleaning lawn furniture and such.

You could use dark matter to repair yourself, or you can hire someone, a fellow player, to do it for you.

Also it would affect the inside as well, not just the outside.

This may sound silly at first but give it some real thought, before you reply and you might see what I'm trying to sell here.

[gornotck]

I think you're trying to sell a bad deal. I, personally, don't have 'so much gil hanging around', but I have a house. I don't want it to deteriorate because I can't sit on top of it all day, every day, making meaningless gil sink repairs.

[Meshico]

The cost is not decided yet, but it would be enough to stimulate the economy.

Also I hope that you wouldn't be the only one pitching money in, it would be an FC thing. Not flawless but not horrible either in my humble opinion.

[bardaboo]

How is giving money away stimulating the economy? IMO getting money from npc's from quests and mob drops is stimulation because it adds gil. Things like gear repair, teleport fees, market tax is unhelpful because it removes gil completely. The less gil I have the less im willing to pay for crafted materials.

[Meshico]

How is giving money away stimulating the economy? IMO getting money from npc's from quests and mob drops is stimulation because it adds gil. Things like gear repair, teleport fees, market tax is unhelpful because it removes gil completely. The less gil I have the less im willing to pay for crafted materials.

I won't explain, but just because I don't want it to go too off topic.

I'm getting a big fat "NO" from Bardaboo, and that is fine. But just elaborate, or pitch in how it could be refined.

Is the core idea a good one?

[Nicobo]

...Just wear and tear of the house if people don't visit it for too long, and the grass grows longer and such. ....

I recall the system will destroy your house and takeaway your land if people don't visit it for 35day,
there would be no land for the grass to grow....^^;

[WellFooled]

I'm afraid I think this would be a waste of development time for something very, very few people would enjoy.

It would be a gil sink that gives the player nothing. Other gil sinks give a service or an item, like teleports or mounts or houses, but this doesn't contribute to fun or lore or gear or anything, it only makes something you already own (the house) worse by adding in a chore and costing money.

I appreciate you probably want to add immersion and take gil out of the economy, but this isn't the way to do it.

[Valleo]

This would have been a good idea if houses didn't cost texa$ to buy in the first place, and might have been a nice alternative to the big up front cost.

The way the system is set up now, it doesn't make much sense to suck even more gil away from players.

[Meshico]

Good point guys, how about a option to see a dilapidated house, and you can pay to make it look different? Is that a better option?

But I see all of your points. I also realize that there is already many many options to make your house stand out. This would simply be another one, maybe something that is crafted? i.e. crafted spider-webs and such?

Would also be very useful for Holloween and such?

[bdp12]

...To cut the grass...

If you are looking for immersion, you can come over to my house and cosplay a BLM while mowing my lawn.