The idea is nice and fascinating indeed. In any case, the freedoom should be limited to designed areas, not to 'ruin' the enviroment (like in the real world ). I would spend hours to create and customize my house, between a dungeon and a quest.

You could also rent NPCs (and equip them) to defend your house from beastmen or garleands, when you are not logged in. Some nice residences could be.. little castles near on a cliff, houses on trees (like gifthorse's img) or something similar to hobbits homes under a hill. Every player could also create something interactive (for the other players) in his/her house (or in the garden) to make it not only a mere 'scenography' but part of the same world (like some facilities to use for crafting or devices to regain something -fast idea=anima wheel to regain some points every 1 hour-).

And i would LOVE to have tents or make campfire around. :0


But only one thing i would like to ask to the devs: there is something in the cauldron about Housing (also basic) in the near future? Thanks.