Larger Apartments?

[slayerx02]

Apartments should be the same size and layout as the grand company barracks. I think that would be perfect without taking away from normal housing.

[Claviusnex]

Yep. The people who just want a little space to decorate indoors and call their own and have access to the conveniences of a house (like vendors, bell, etc all in one place) will be happy to purchase an apartment, but those who are more dedicated to decorating and the housing system as a whole will still probably prefer houses. Heck, for a lot of avid decorators, a small is preferable to a large or even a medium because you have a better item limit density so you can do more cool things. (That's exactly why I'm not upgrading from my med!)

I stick with a small because I like the "L" shaped yard.

[Zyneste]

SE should add Grand Balconies to apartments as an add on fee. You can then add an Aetheryte to balcony and warp directly to your "yard."

Another option is to let FC Room and apartment owners choose to warp directly into their as apartments.

[MsQi]

Just make apartments the same size as houses on the inside.

[Adrameliya]

SE should add Grand Balconies to apartments as an add on fee. You can then add an Aetheryte to balcony and warp directly to your "yard."

Another option is to let FC Room and apartment owners choose to warp directly into their as apartments.

This would be great!

[Kittypryde]

A lot of great ideas!

[Jandor]

Would be nice if we could upgrade their size, something like the following template:



"Problem" is, if you make them too large then houses becomes kind of pointless. I know if I could upgrade my apartment to the largest pictured above I'd probably ditch my small house.

[MsQi]

"Problem" is, if you make them too large then houses becomes kind of pointless. I know if I could upgrade my apartment to the largest pictured above I'd probably ditch my small house.

House would still have the outdoors space and would still be kind of status symbol.

[Jandor]

House would still have the outdoors space and would still be kind of status symbol.

I was envisaging the balcony as an outdoor space, a place to put your gardening patch and other normal outdoor furnishings, including an aetheryte.

But yeah, problem is in quote marks because it's not actually a huge problem IMHO, houses would still be wanted by people, I can definitely see it being used as an excuse to leave apartments permanently crappy though.

[Brynne]

IMO concerns about improvements to apartments making houses seem pointless are premature. Right now on large servers we have the opposite problem. I think if apartments were a more attractive alternative to housing it would make them feel more like an option and less like a consolation prize for not being able to get a house.

I like Jandor's designs a lot, and I hope SE does something like this in the future.