Housing 2.0 Guide

[Ent]

In my opinion STS should add a way of obtaining these houses by actually playing the game.
A house deed being purchasable for tokens earned by playing challenging maps would give an impulse to farming as well,
leading to more profit from ankhs being bought.

[Avaree]

In my opinion STS should add a way of obtaining these houses by playing the game.
A house deed being purchasable for tokens earned by playing challenging maps would give an impulse to farming as well,
leading to more profit from ankhs being bought.

Brilliant idea!

[greekAL]

no even +50 isnt enough! why even put those buffs? u can put buffs to special houses like the reroll or free pet feed for 2x or 3x per day something like tht but not tht! stats was based on hard work not to a vanity house!

[greekAL]

In my opinion STS should add a way of obtaining these houses by actually playing the game.
A house deed being purchasable for tokens earned by playing challenging maps would give an impulse to farming as well,
leading to more profit from ankhs being bought.

i agree with tht idea that will be fair! farmers have a chance to compete plat users after playing the game and plat users can do tht in 2 secs thts fair way!

[Giggles11]

Sounds great. Can you make a separate room attached so we can hold a party with a lighted dance our like you had with boogie? That would be awesome if you could. Just a suggestion

[thekragle]

I am hoping that with extra demand for housing, plat buyers will be more prone to buy tradable housing items they will sell in CS to freetoplay players and that will actually bring down prices making the cost for housing more reasonable.

As it is I dont want to spend plat on house items cuz I dont think it will sell well in CS. But with this change to housing it should become more lucrative like buying luck elixers and anhks to sell for gold in CS.

Heres to hoping this change actually benefits ftp and plat players alike!

Lets just wait and see how this unfolds.

[leoakre]

Really would absolutely love more furniture slots please so I can decorate my stately lodge the way I would truly like it to be and 70/70 slots just doesn't cut it at all.

One more time, I would really enjoy my magical mug more if I could sit in my chair while drinking from it but alas, I still cannot. Standing while drinking just seems a bit hazardous. XD

Thanks,
Msleo

[Ravager]

So are we going to have to have multiple taverns for alts on the same account and then buy multiple environments? Deters me to having alts.

[Plqgue]

These features were compiled from this thread: http://www.spacetimestudios.com/show...using-Feedback

More Privacy Options

Choose to allow Friends, Guild Mates and / or Party Members into your house.
Choose any combination of these options to customize your House privacy settings!
Don't forget: you can choose to allow pets or have visitors auto-dismiss pets when they arrive.

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Mail

Home owners can now send Mail messages to each other!

Mail can be sent to players even when they're off-line.

To get started: tap on the Mailbox icon in your House to browse the Inbox or Compose new mail.

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Mail messages have a thousand (1000) character limit and require one (1) Postage Stamp (new game currency) to send. All existing Home owners and new Home buyers get a free book of ten (10) Stamps. Buy more from the Mailbox menu.

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Display Cases

Now you can put your favorite banners and weapons on display in your house!
Buy the Banner Display Case or the Weapon Display case from the Furniture Store.
Use the Display Case furniture item and select a Banner or Weapon from your inventory to display.

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The default Display Case will disappear in order to show off your selected Weapon in its full glory!
Move the displayed item (like any other piece of furniture) via the House Edit menu.
You can remove the item from the Display Case and put it back in your inventory.

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Locations

Enchanted lands add beauty, style, and a sense of place to your House... and a new set of permanent powers for your character!

Choose from four epic Locations: Brackenridge Forest, Nordr Mountains, Tindirin Volcano, and The City!

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+ Owning the Brackenridge Forest Location increases your Health.

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+ Purchase of the Nordr Mountains Location increases your Mana.

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+ The Tindirin Volcano Location increases your Damage.

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+ And the City (available only to Tavern owners) increases Loot Re-roll Chance!

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Buffs are affected by House type: the bigger the House, the better the Buff.

Keep in mind: you will receive a buff for every Location that you own, regardless of which one you choose to show!

Old Values:

Location	Buff	Starter	Cottage	Lodge	Tavern
Forest	Health	+25	+50	+100	+200
Mountains	Mana	+25	+50	+100	+200
Volcano	Damage	+0.5	+1.0	+1.5	+2.0
City	Loot Re-roll	-	-	-	+2%

EDIT: We've been discussing these values and have decided to bump up the power gained from the free options as well as making the curve a bit more linear. New values:

Location	Buff	Starter	Cottage	Lodge	Tavern
Forest	Health	+50	+100	+150	+200
Mountains	Mana	+50	+100	+150	+200
Volcano	Damage	+0.5	+1.0	+1.5	+2.0
City	Loot Re-roll	-	-	-	+2%

Please note that you cannot walk around in these environments.

Upkeep

We are working on finding the right balance for Upkeep. A couple of weeks ago we cut the Upkeep costs in half, with 2.0 we are also making it so players can take the Weekly Estate Token quest every week regardless of their current upkeep standing.

Furniture Features

Deluxe Beds can now accommodate two (2) players at the same time!
The new Lodge Hot Tub can seat up to four (4) players simultaneously!

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Other items can only be used by one player at a time - so first come, first served.
But don't forget: Home Owners are always allowed to use their own furniture.

Display Ownership

When you enter a house you are reminded who the owner is. No more wondering whose party you are at!

Please let us know your thoughts and what else you would like to see in the comments below, and see ya at Goldilox's House Party!

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Please sts keep this a platinum buyers thing it won't be fair to those of us that will drop 100$ to get this if a f2p player can get it for free

[stricker20000]

Suggestion on Housing in general.

The reason why many (most) people are not into housing is because it is very very expensive. In order to own a Tavern you need to pay 1000 plat (or millions of gold). Ok people would accept that BUT then there is the UPKEEP which is just too expensive for most players. If you have bought the tavern you need to pay 8 estate tokens per week, that means 80plat (or 300k gold). Nobody (ok some are crazy) is willing to pay that much for a house every week.

So in my opinion there are two possible solutions.

1) (compromise) Since you can already farm 2 estate tokens via bard quest and 1 estate token via weekly quest per week a player with a lodge still needs 5 estate tokens (50 plat/~200k). So ofc leave the option to buy them for platinum there but also add some elite quests (which take their time) to farm those. Some players will farm them, some will still buy them. (Just an example, could also put estate tokens with a low but a fair chance in specific f2p chests and make them not-tradeable)

Result: More players own an active house and since not everyone wants to take their time farming them still some would buy them for platinum (or for gold from players who bought them with platinum) and even players who farm them might buy one now and then to get the missing one. --> STS still makes their profit and players have fair chances to take part in the housing system.

2) (Players preferred) Remove the upkeep completely since we had to buy the houses for a lot of plat (gold).

Note: Devs preferred is the way it is now


As a side note: Players who are tried to get forced to pay are not willing to pay anymore, players who are not (means they have a fair chance not having to pay) will much rather pay. As soon as the player feels a pull on his or her purse, he or she will hide it

[<KingPete>]

After trying out housing 2.0, the environments cost this.

Volcano; 300 Plat
Ice Mountain; 200 Plat
Forest; 200 Plat
City; 100 plat.

Therefore, the benefits, while nice, come at a large cost.

[Plqgue]

After trying out housing 2.0, the environments cost this.

Volcano; 300 Plat
Ice Mountain; 200 Plat
Forest; 200 Plat
City; 100 plat.

Therefore, the benefits, while nice, come at a large cost.

I wonder if we buy multiple if the buffs stack..

[Cinco]

I wonder if we buy multiple if the buffs stack..

The Location buffs do stack.

[Kim S. Barcelo]

Hey why i don't get any quest from boltag anymore? The weekly quest?

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[Robhawk]

The Location buffs do stack.

So i buy 10 times the same location and get 20 damage? If yes feel free to delete my forum and game account!

[Cinco]

So i buy 10 times the same location and get 20 damage? If yes feel free to delete my forum and game account!

You can only buy a Location once. You can only own one house. If you have all Locations (all 3 or all 4 if you've got a Tavern), then all of the Location Buffs are applied. That's what 'stacking' means in this case :-)

[Justg]

I am really regretting not buying the 2014 Halloween banner.

Yeah that one is very cool.

[TheJuz]

Soo if we do not own a tavern we cannot get a loot re roll buf?

[Cinco]

Soo if we do not own a tavern we cannot get a loot re roll buf?

Correct. The City Location (which gives the +2% Re-roll Chance) is exclusive to the Tavern.

[saphirae]

Why are you forcing me to buy house cause buff? I do not like house system and do not want to own any house,just want to play game. This forcing things that you do week after week makes me feel like my days of playing are over.
What is this??? Game or party house with sleeping with others and bathing with others????
I am in xour game 3 years and loved it,now you exploiting ppl to pay you real money for beds, hot bath.... What is next? Dancing pole so rogues can do lap dances? Disaster,worked as horse to gain gold for gear and pets and all the rest,and now i must own dmn house so my rogue can be better in pve and pvp. Pffffffffff i am out