Player housing Instanced vs OpenWorld Poll

Community General Discussion
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This is for the players that wish to have player housing in wow, there are two types of player housing, instanced or open world. Down are the pros and cons of each.

Link to Strawpoll

https://strawpoll.com/Q0ZpRaL89nM

Score

Instanced - 16

Open world - 8

Instanced Housing:

Pros:

Enhances the overall aesthetic of the game world by preventing clutter from an abundance of player houses.

Provides a private and undisturbed environment for individual players.

Allows the option to invite friends over, fostering social interactions within the same party.

Cons:

sacrifice realism as individual housing instances might not seamlessly integrate with the game’s environment.

Limits spontaneous interactions with other players in a communal living space.

Open World Housing:

Pros:

Offers a heightened sense of realism, and contributes to a more immersive gaming environment, resembling a dynamic, living world.

Encourages spontaneous player interactions and community engagement within a shared housing environment.

Cons:

Potential for a cluttered appearance as numerous player houses populate the open world.

Increased likelihood of disturbances from other players in the shared housing space.

Note:

My other poll is still up if you haven’t voted. If you want to have player housing or not.

https://eu.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/player-housing-poll/487507

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Instanced.

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Instanced…

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Open-world, or none at all. The reason: it would kill open-world RP, or at least deal it a terrible blow like it did in SWTOR. There would be no reason to interact with players out of a group, or even pretend they exist. Even despite the benefits and possibilities, such an addition would do more harm than good to the game’s social aspects.

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Instanced.

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Just link a strawpoll, it’s the year 2024, smh

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I whould, but I dont have the trustlevel for that.

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You just put it between these ``

Then it appears like this strawpoll.com

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Link to Strawpoll is up, but I will still add the scores here for easy review.

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Instanced.
WoW isn’t realy a sandbox game that is built to hold Open world housing of each player like Archeage for example , so i think Instanced is the only option here.

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It is easy to vote instanced for one reason!

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Your live in an underpass or what? I don’t know about you but I don’t want strangers barging/peeping in to my home lol.

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Read what it says on the cons “Increased likelihood of disturbances from other players in the shared housing space”

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i don’t think open world housing can be a thing in wow. is it even a thing in other mmos ? i know it is open world in archeage but that game has way more stuff designed with it in the first place

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Just make it hybrid like in GTA V online, where you can get houses that are instanced, but players have an address.

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I think you’ve hit the nail on the head with this. A feature like housing isn’t about housing itself but how all other content interacts with it. But blizzard’s policy is to isolate everything (and everyone) so they can micro manage the game experience of such a diverse audience.

Content that tries to pull all WoW players together is dead on arrival.

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Those polls are so easily manipulated though.

Although having said that people could just keep replying with alts here :dracthyr_nod:

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Noticed that aswell. I also belive less people will vote, because they will have to open a link :man_shrugging:

Do you suggest me to switch back? I should only have one or the other.

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Strictly speaking polls aren’t allowed

Continuing the discussion from Welcome, Please Read!:

So keeping it more discussional is probably better :wink:

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People engaging in discussions about the topic is encouraged here.

Polls add a fun element, allowing us to gauge others’ perspectives. While using Strawpoll for voting doesn’t generate new replies, it will be retained for its functionality.