tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post4873373279729446281..comments2024-03-28T10:18:05.213+00:00Comments on Inventory Full: Last Year's ModelBhagpusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-49061164033900932352020-12-12T19:51:20.561+00:002020-12-12T19:51:20.561+00:00For some incomprehensible reason both Blizzard and...For some incomprehensible reason both Blizzard and ArenaNet seem hell-bent on making sure they never add real housing to their games. In both cases it goes far beyond a simple disinterest - someone or some faction at or near the top clearly has a personal agenda about it. I've been around long enough to remember when there were gender politics assocviated with the inclusion of housing in mmorpgs. It wouldn't surprise me to find there was ome of that going on, acknowledged or otherwise. For some, decorating may not seem macho enough to fit the heroic backdrop, although with the mounts in both WoW and GW2 these days I'd say that would be a difficult line to hold.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-28727207919295653182020-12-12T03:13:50.930+00:002020-12-12T03:13:50.930+00:00I still check my garrison mission tables. The rare...I still check my garrison mission tables. The rare rep token (Medallion of the Legion) stills for server thousand gold, which is still a nice amount. The mount and the bulging barrel of oil/huge ogre cache (garrison resources) can go for several hundred gold depending on the AH conditions. Not a huge amount, but it helps fund things for alts.<br /><br />The big issue with the Draenor garrisons is that they tied all the systems into that expansion. Once the expansion was done most of the buildings were useless. If you had put together the Auction House construct or were making bags there really wasn't much reason to revisit the place for most people. Some still did for the transmog or mount farming, but Blizzard really pushed folks to be elsewhere.<br /><br />Sadly, I think if Blizzard would break away from their obsession of expansion-locked features and built a housing system designed to be supported long term, as they have with transmog and pet battles, for example, they would find it would keep more people invested in the game. A least, a different group than endgame focused raiders.Pallaishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01052537793722183657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-77221803178330253632020-12-11T21:25:58.320+00:002020-12-11T21:25:58.320+00:00I agree it looks like that. Also, the way the garr...I agree it looks like that. Also, the way the garrison changes as you upgrade it to become harder and more awkward to navigate makes me think someone wasn't really feeling the whole "this is your personal space" vibe. More like "this is what we think you ought to have and if you don't like it, tough!".Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-12516971282799796522020-12-11T17:46:10.658+00:002020-12-11T17:46:10.658+00:00I still use my garrison regularly. It is a start ...I still use my garrison regularly. It is a start point for a Draenor circuit to level up battle pets and has a weekly quest that gives out upgrade stones for pets. I also have a tailor that cranks out 30 slot bags for any alt I end up making. <br /><br />Garrisons were not horrible, but they were not housing and they did exactly what Blizz said housing would do, which was pull people out of the game into their own little spaces. It was basically a "worst of all options" choice. My conspiracy theory has been that Blizz did this on purpose to prove they could ignore requests that they implement "real" housing in the game.Wilhelm Arcturushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033496821708933394noreply@blogger.com