So lets do some problem solving like a real development team would do.

Yoshi- Hey guys what should we do about player housing, lets toss some ideas out and see what we come up with.

A- Housing on the world map
B- Instanced housing
C- A mix of those two
D- None at all!

Yoshi- Ok thats it then? Ok lets list out some Positives and negatives of these ideas

[SIZE=5]A- Housing on the world map.[/SIZE]
Positive
  • Unique idea in next gen MMO's
  • Alot of room to interperet the idea
  • Sense of accomplishment when a house is received "could be a rare item of sorts such a relic weapons, only the most hardcore would be able to own a house through long hard work"

Negative
  • PS3 limitations
  • General computer limitations
  • Lag
  • Server stress
  • Could impact how unique models for houses could be maybe restrict to one type or save on memory
  • Possible impact on world map travel and traffic flow
  • How can we get everyone a house? world map is not large enough period.
  • Open to abuse with RMT selling plots of obtained land "Special task force will need to look into this and get back to us."
.....20 minutes later

Yoshi- Well I think we have everything we can get about that. NEXT!

[SIZE=5]B -Instanced Housing[/SIZE]
Positive
  • Less memory limitations
  • Being instanced allows for low server stress
  • Lots of area to work with, wether instanced housing means players have a real house and a small "yard" to play with or just have a apartment style housing complex.
  • Everyone gets a chance to have a house as much as everyone else.
  • No need to worry about changing current world map to accomidate
  • Could possibly be used for linkshell housing.
  • Possibly used for player shops, or a hub to purcahse sell items from.
Negative
  • Not as flashy as open world housing
  • Possible networking issues when using house to show off
  • Obsoletion of the market wards?
  • Too easy to obtain?
  • No large sense of accomplishment obtaining one.
  • Still may need to worry about how "unique" housing can be per player. "look into this"
[SIZE=5]C - A~B Mix.
[/SIZE] Positive
  • Everyone still has a chance to have some sort of housing
  • Still gives some sense of accomplishment when upgrading to world housing
  • Some positives of both system A-B
Negative
  • May be seen as unfair to players with less time or resources to aqquire world housing
  • Still will have strict limitations of world housing
  • Both systems may detrimentally effect themselves "mainly world housing making instanced housing be look down on"
  • More severe limitations on both systems due to the need to split resources.
  • Giving open world housing any sort of advantage over normal housing would seem unfair.
  • All above negatives of Both A-B as well.
[SIZE=5]C - A~B Mix.
[/SIZE] Positive
  • Everyone still has a chance to have some sort of housing
  • Still gives some sense of accomplishment when upgrading to world housing
  • Some positives of both system A-B
Negative
  • May be seen as unfair to players with less time or resources to aqquire world housing
  • Still will have strict limitations of world housing
  • Both systems may detrimentally effect themselves "mainly world housing making instanced housing be look down on"
  • More severe limitations on both systems due to the need to split resources.
  • Giving open world housing any sort of advantage over normal housing would seem unfair.
  • All above negatives of Both A-B as well.
[SIZE=5]D - Screw it
[/SIZE] Positive
  • We all get to have lives
  • 0 Dev time spent developing
  • Can afford that staff pizza party we always wanted to have.
  • Perhaps evolve pizza party into a office sleepover Pajama party
Negative
  • Nerd rage
  • More nerd rage
  • ....
  • I think we get the point
  • Well lets forget about this idea and look at the above results.
Yoshi- Well I think we have everything we can get down on the board about these topics, what sounds best for us and the community. How can we develope player housing into a system that is fair for all users, doesn't cost us a millenia of development time, and seems overall realistic.

A- Instanced housing....
B- INSTANCED HOUSING! In your face A!
C- Gotta go with instanced housing
D- But man....Pizza party think about it! We could even invite those ladies from accounting!

Yoshi- D we all wish that was the reality but we have a game to make here, now next meeting we will flesh out more ideas on Instanced housing and how best to implement it. Put your thinking caps on and your caffine patches on your eyelids because we wont be sleeping anytime this week!

BREAK!