Comments on: Rift: Storm Legion – Who put this sand in here?

By: bhagpuss

bhagpuss — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 13:37:40 +0000

According to the housebuilder from EQ2 who’s also in our GW2 guild and the Storm Legion beta, Rift’s housing is a nice first attempt but currently a lot less expansive and flexible than EQ2′s version, which remains the industry standard for Theme Park housing by a very wide margin.

At the rate Trion add features, whether that will still be the case a year from now is an interesting question.

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By: Shadow

Shadow — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 19:24:32 +0000

I’ll jump in with everyone else and say that housing options and variability in EQ2 has grown amazingly so. Reading this article sent my thoughts straight to EQ2′s version, which is unsurprising given Trion’s leadership. One of the things I always liked about Rift was how much like EQ2 it was (collection quests are my favorite addiction).

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 20:44:17 +0000

I (Aerynne again) should add that EQ2 has long had a lot more flexibility than you give it credit for. I suspect there is a “bug” involved, but players long ago figured out how to build beyond their actual house/cave, and have created amazing places as a result.

One person actually recreated Diagon Alley from Harry Potter – it took forever to load, but it was very well done, particularly since that was before SOE added all the building stuff.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 20:40:27 +0000

Sorry – not sure why it always posts as Anonymous when I am at work. Should be Aerynne, as it is when I post from home.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 20:39:30 +0000

You can now have an entire island as your home and with the addition of flooring, walls, columns, and even teleporter pads build just about anything you want. One of my homes is a castle floating over my island, accessible by teleporter pad. EQ2 also has a rating system in place, so players can vote on houses.

By: Wilhelm Arcturus

Wilhelm Arcturus — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 20:17:15 +0000

“take a standard house and make it look like and underground cave with a very different layout”

I saw that Dimension!

With guild halls EQ2 there is enough open space to sort of do things like that. I remember the R&H guild hall… a giant place… had some specially built areas for activities.

But at the general individual house level, you cannot get as much change into things.

On the flip side though, for actually playing house, EQ2 has a lot of options. One thing Rift might be hard pressed to do is match EQ2′s variety on that front, given how slow Trion was to get much variety into cosmetic gear and such.

By: pkudude99

pkudude99 — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 18:27:52 +0000

Maybe not in your *house,* but guilds have done it in their big halls: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrHnsr_aidw

This isn’t the only one I’ve heard of, but it’s the only one I can find video of.

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