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Player housing
Housing comes in the form of Static housing, Apartments and Freeholds.[1]
Housing types
A player may own one of each type of housing.[2]
Benefits
- Owning housing makes it possible for a player to claim Citizenship to a Node.[3]
- Prized items can be displayed within a house.[4]
- Houses can be used to carry out crafting.[4]
- Houses provide an amount of storage.[4]
- Achievements and trophies may be displayed.[4]
- May provide proximity based bonuses.[4]
Static housing
Static housing provides non-instanced player accommodation within a node, also known as in-node housing.[6]
- Players are able to purchase small one room houses (cottages) starting at the Village (stage 3).[6][7]
- There will be 8 cottages available for purchase at the village stage.[7]
- The amount of static housing increases as a normal part of node advancement.[8]
- The architecture of static housing is predetermined by the racial influence of the node's layout and style.[9]
- Taverns and Player shops are not tied to in-node housing.[10]
Apartments
Apartments provide instanced player housing functionality on a rental basis.[11][6]
- Village (stage 3) apartment buildings offer 50 rental apartments. Additional apartments can be added at Town (stage 4) if the mayor chooses to construct them and if there is an available plot for the expansion. This includes different types of apartments, such as penthouses.[12][13][11][7][6]
- The number and sizes of available apartments increases as a normal part of node advancement.[11][8]
- It is estimated that the number of apartments available in a Metropolis (stage 6) node will be in the hundreds, if that node specs into all apartment expansion upgrades. This number is subject to change based on testing.[11]
- Prices for apartments will fluctuate depending on the number of units already sold in the node.[6]
- Different price points offer different apartment sizes and types, such as penthouses.[13][6]
- It was previously stated that apartments would be available at Town (stage 4) or above.[6]
- The mayor may additionally construct apartment buildings when the node hits stage 4 at one of the building plots in the node, along with cities gaining additional static housing and apartments by default as a normal part of the leveling process.[8] – Steven Sharif
Freeholds
Freeholds are sizable player housing plots that can be situated in baronies within the Zone of influence (ZOI) of a Village (stage 3) or higher node, including the ZOI of any of its vassal nodes.[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][6]
- Freehold estates may be purchased from other players,[24] or can be obtained via deeds from completing a quest and winning an auction.[17][18][19][25][20][21][26][23]
- Freehold ownership, whether purchased from players or via a freehold auction, requires the purchaser to have completed a freehold quest, which has a level requirement of 50.[27][28][17][29]
- The seller decides if their freehold should be auctioned or sold directly to other players.[30]
- Some freehold auctions will require node-type-specific bound currencies, others will auction for gold.[31][32][33] This is intended to cater to players with different playstyles, who are progressing through alternate systems.[31][33]
- The idea is that we're not reserving freeholds for the top 10 percent of levelers, we're reserving freeholds for the top 10 percent across the multiple different play paths that exist within the game; and this spreads out that ownership across different playstyles.[31] – Steven Sharif
- Housing takes several forms in the world of Verra. However, Freeholds are the highest tier of player housing available. Acquiring a Freehold is a major accomplishment, and it will take a large amount of effort and strategy to get a Freehold of your own. Since there is a limited amount of space available to place Freeholds in each node’s region, these are symbols of prestige for those who are able to acquire and maintain their Freeholds.[17]
- Freeholds are approximately 1.5 acres in size, or roughly 100m x 60m.[18]
- The footprint of a freehold does not change with node progression.[35]
- Previously it was stated that freeholds were half an acre in size.[36]
- The developers are expecting the number of freehold plots on each server to be in "the low thousands" depending on world state.[17][37][38][39]
- The number of Freeholds on a server will vary on a number of factors, such as how player actions advance nodes. At the moment we are targeting the low thousands for Freeholds on a server, but as we continue to test these systems during Alpha Two, we anticipate making adjustments.[17]
- Freeholds are subject to node taxes.[40]
- Freehold tax is calculated based on the number of permits issued for buildings on a freehold.[40]
- Freehold buildings that require permits will have additional upkeep costs.[17]
- Blueprints are required for the construction of the freehold buildings that are used to process resources into crafting materials.[41][42][43][44][45]
- The best processing can only be carried out on freeholds, so obtaining a freehold will require a large amount of effort.[46]
- If a player wants to achieve a freehold they can achieve the freehold, however the amount of effort resources and time that's required in order to achieve that freehold is a large amount. It is something that is a monumental achievement for you to to get that freehold; and the reason why is because freeholds tie in very heavily to the processing artisanship aspect. Some processing can be done in nodes, but the best processing is done on freeholds; and we want to make sure that there's a little bit of a throttle or gate on the amount of effort that's necessary to achieve that influence over the processing market.[46] – Steven Sharif
- Inns and other player housing options are available that are easier to obtain for players who do not need the benefits of a freehold.[41]
- Just because the freehold is very difficult to attain doesn't mean that you don't have a space for housing and furniture that you can achieve through our apartment system or an inn or the static in-node housing. Those are alternate methods as well but they do not have that aspect of the best processing is done on the freehold.[41] – Steven Sharif
- Freeholds are intended to work with the family system.[47]
- The spread of corruption in the world does not impact the freehold system.[49]
- Players are not able to adjust the terrain of their freeholds. Sloped terrain will result in stilts beneath placeable structures (to keep them level).[50]
- Expansions and upgrades become available as node progression allows.[36]
Taxes
When a node reaches stage 3 and a player run government has formed, all player housing will pay tax.[51] Tax money goes toward funding node development. A player's tax charge will be determined by the number of structures built on their plot.[52]
References
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