This is a "once popular" feature that seems to be making a comeback in several "high profile" MMOs that are in the works (WildStar).. and is being worked on currently in Final Fantasy XIV.. and some others that escape me..

Being that in in the Elder Scrolls Games (as far back as I have played them, Morrowind..) had forms of player housing.. something to work towards and earn, as well as for storage...

Has there been any talk about having something similar to this in ESO for people to earn towards, both for the sake of housing for a character.. storage.. someplace to craft the basic gear...As well as for guilds or clans.. or.. whatever they will be known as in ESO?

Definitely something I would enjoy, and is a more interactive form of "achievement farming" that people can do.. since .. well.. face it.. almost every game now adays has evolved from simple "highest score" to specific achievements and unlocks... housing being a massive form of a badge to wear and show off ^__^

If they allow you to have some sort of customization over your housing.. help us all ... that would surely add a lot more hours to your playtime to unlock and earn things.. XD

It is possibly getting added on a later date with arenas, thieves guild, dark brotherhood, necromancy guild? , and unarmed guild? (Monks? )

If they introduced customized housing I would never get to max level

Yeah, I'm not sure why they don't have housing instances. (zones just for housing) Hopefully ZOS will come to understand how much in demand this is and implement something in the near future. Many MMOs that didn't launch with housing have added it recently.

But it can't be open world housing. That would put way too much stress on the server and shards. I don't think most people would care if their house is in a special zone. They just want a place to call their own

ugh I hate instanced housing let me place my home on a small plot in the land of my choosing and from there fight off whatever creature may happen onto my property and raise children and marry a wife on my property etc, but let me live out in the world dont hide me in some portal where noone will ever see the fruits of my labors my pride and joy of a homestead no matter how small and humble it may be

You can do all that with instances housing, set your house to "public" and let strangers happen by

There is not enough space at all. You either have a phasing house (which is still instanced) or an instance house.

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Obviously they're going to be instanced but what I would like to see is neighborhoods, if anybody played lotro and experienced their housing system they would understand. They did housing the best than any other mmo I have played.

I looked this up and it blew my mind.

This. I have to restrain myself from laughing if people ask for non-instanced housing. I remember lookong at SWG's stacked zones. Houses as far as the eye can reach. ESO's world isn't even built for that.

Instanced does not necessarily mean "one visible house, and when you enter the door, you end up in a different indoor instance". Instead the instance is an entire game zone(map) with plots in the land you can build your home on, decorate your house individually, have neighbors, etc. You only notice the instancing when you are entering the zone and you get to choose between "housing zone 1" or "housing zone 2". DAoC had it made this way, and i liked it very much. Even had a shop running(bought an NPC who was selling my wares to players)