Housing Ideas and Feature Requests

[Altena]

This post might be a long one.. So be forewarned. I am also not entirely sure how much this thread gets looked at by the devs but I will add the stuff I want changed.

1. PvP and/or indoor striking dummy

Regarding indoor PvP, obviously this would be enabled/disabled by the estate owner etc. It would allow people to create their own "arenas" in their houses so they can spar with friends, instead of being forced to use the rather bland area in wolves den.

Regarding the indoor striking dummy, I prefer to practice out of the prying eyes of other people at times - especially when I am trying out a new job. An indoor striking dummy would be very useful for this as you could lock the house to outsiders and practice in the comfort of your own home.

(Plus it would be nice to be able to fight in my dojo!)


2. Keep bringing on the eastern themed / oriental stuff!

A few ideas:

Outdoor
- Small, garden pagoda. Something like this:

- A Shinto-style archway..


Indoor
- Katana rack / display

- Training / wooden weapon rack.

3. Remove the wooden backing / sides from the aquariums.

It would be lovely to be able to see straight through the fish tank instead of having that ugly / plain wooden backing. Fish tanks are made of glass! Not wood! The only way around this is to clip the back panel into the wall (if your fish tank is against the wall), however at times this is not possible. Especially if you wish to use the fish tank as a centre-room feature.

4. Allow clipping through the weird "shelf" in the "hole in the wall" on the top floor of Lavender mansions

I can only speak for Lavender as from what I can recall, Mist and Goblet are a little different.. Though I would have a guess that those with Goblet/Mist mansions have a similar problem..

The strange "hole in the wall" section on the upper floor is interesting at times, but an absolute pain to work with a lot of the time. The biggest issue with it is the lower "shelf" section sticks out from the wall. So if you wanted to cover the hole with a bookshelf / partition / something - it won't let you push it hard up against the wall like you can on the normal part of the wall. This is a problem on both the balcony side of the hole and the room-side of the hole.



An alternative to this would be to add an extra section in the "Remodel Interior" that would allow for additional room/floor layout options. Perhaps adding a couple of variations of stairs would be nice too.

5. Fix the balcony door already.

It wouldn't be a housing request post without this. Make the balcony door functional, so we aren't forced to scale our house walls/roof to get onto the balcony like a burglar. I obviously don't know the technical side behind doing this but imagine that if you were able to make a front door function that way, you could add another "exit" that would place you on the balcony..

Who builds a mansion then throws away their key to one of their doors? It's almost like fake pockets on a pair of jeans. Why have something there that is meant to be functional, if it doesn't actually do anything?

6. Adjust the appearance of the outdoor ponds so that they don't look as tacky.

Due to the item allocation limit, it is far too item-intensive to put enough in those ponds to generate interest / make them less plain.. (It's night time in-game at the moment so this screenshot might be hard to see, but as an example...)


One suggestion would be do add an additional recipe that requires 1 pond + x number of a certain fish. If you craft that, then there are a few fish swimming around.

[Mimilu]

1. PvP and/or indoor striking dummy

There are a few issues with using the house for PvP matches:
-People can phase through furniture if they keep running into them long enough.
-I think people can also select and interact with things on the other side of player placed partitions and walls too.
-Marking where the arena begins and prevent people from leaving it.

A long time ago, when they added Workshops for FC Houses, someone suggested adding similar areas like an arena/training room, a dressing room, a storage room, etc. I think that might work better, especially if the arena/training room let you customize it.