Thread: Estate tags in 4.4!

Patch 4.4 preliminary patch notes are out, under Housing and they outlined the estate tags that we can use. What do you think about them? Do you think they cover a good breadth of house types? What do you want to see added, or maybe removed?



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I really like how they have the Tavern tag there; it seems like most every house has a bar area of some sort, so this is great! Eateries as well for the restaurant houses. I can see the Message Book tag being used for library houses.

The Aquarium I'm not so sure if it really warrants a tag (unless aquarium houses are popular somewhere?). I'm also bit confused about what Sanctum is supposed to portray... the icon more reminds me of accessory shops in RPGs.

That said, in the future I'd love for them to add the token RPG tags like an Inn, Weapon Shop (weapon display pls SE wink wink), and Armor Shop, the latter two especially since there are housing exteriors for those. A tag with a flower icon would also be nice for houses who have a lot of flowers and greenery in them.

Message Book, I'm pretty sure, is to say you have a Guest Book.

I guess with the updated limits to aquariums, you could have an entire aquarium-themed floor.

I think Sanctum is supposed to be like a church/chapel (Sanctum of the Twelve, wedding ring).

I like this system, and I hope it encourages people to visit each others houses, but I do hope they expand the tags soon and greatly. I worry that the somewhat limited number of tags will lead to more people having similar houses, as they design their estates around the tags, rather than designing their estates and then tagging appropriately.

I'll admit when they mentioned a blurb about rp awhile back I let my imagination run wild and I was expecting to see npc scripting (movement/emote/chat script). I was thinking of all the fun banter my npcs could have in the house, but I should have known better. Still, the tags will be useful for locating particular rp spots and the message book feature will be nice for hunting down houses to leave messages in!

Sanctum is pretty clearly a designation for a wedding chapel.

Aquarium could be a bit broader, something like garden/recreation spot. My apartment is an "arboretum"-like place, but it isn't an aquarium.

As a decorator, I am super thrilled about tags and I know the people on my decorating Facebook groups love them too. The only worry I have is that the tags will be overused. I can see people just using tags just because and not because they actually have something cool to offer.

The Tag for designer house would be amazing if only used by people who are seriously committed to decorating. That way it would be much easier to find designer houses on your server just by looking through the wards from the city aetherite.

However, I can also see people overusing that tag. Like every person who fills their house with seizure-inducing primal furniture and heavy metal music would use that tag. Or people use that tag if they want to tag but don’t know what else to tag. That would completely defeat the purpose.

Similarly, a lot of decorators have requested a message book tag to find houses with books on the map. This would help people find houses with message books to write in because that usually leads to the other person reciprocating and checking out the decorator’s house.

As for some of the tags, I think they could find more fitting tags. Very few people actually have an aquarium-themed house even if they use several fish tanks, so yeah, something like meditation/recreation/wellness/spa would be nice. There are a lot of forest or spa-themed houses.

Also surprised they didn’t add libraries, galleries, and museums seeing that there are tons of libraries and art galleries out there.

Not sure what an emporium is.

I like sanctum as many people have churches and shrines. I even have a Lakshmi temple. Although I don’t think the ring icon fits a temple or shrine.

Rather than just designer house, I’d like tags that tell us the style of the house like: modern, goth, Hingan, beach house, creature-themed, etc.

Originally Posted by not_ya_wify

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I have no doubt that there will be people who will mark their house inaccurately for the lulz haha. Hopefully not too many though; I do love roaming around and checking what other people have going on in their houses, and this tag system makes it easier to know which houses are worth having a look. I had no idea there was a demand for a Message Book tag! It makes a lot more sense that that's there now.

What do you think the Venue tag is saying? The icon doesn't give us much to interpret, but my best guess is that it's for "cosplay houses" maybe? Houses that are modeled around other structures/places, like say for example, this Shinra mansion that someone recreated.

Originally Posted by Beckett

I think Sanctum is supposed to be like a church/chapel (Sanctum of the Twelve, wedding ring).

Originally Posted by _Greyling_

Sanctum is pretty clearly a designation for a wedding chapel.

That seems to be the case. I'm more surprised that it's popular enough to warrant is own tag that I had to second guess myself if Sanctum might mean something else lol. I haven't seen that many wedding venue type houses myself, but maybe it's a different story elsewhere.

Originally Posted by nranola

A tag with a flower icon would also be nice for houses who have a lot of flowers and greenery in them.

This is exactly what I feel is missing. A major reason why people want a house over an apartment is because of a garden they can decorate. There are also a lot of indoor plants and personally I'm planning on making an arboretum in my own house.

Already trying to decide between Sanctum, Tavern, Design Home and Boutique... this will be a challenge