Architect Archive
Thread: Is it just me, or is the large tatooine house horribly designed?
NO.. it's not you.. 80% of the floorplans SOE has given us would received F's in a true architectual college level class.. As a fine arts elective in college I took a few architectural class, and when I found out that SWG was offering such a profession, I wanted to become one so bad.. Then reality hit me, like a 50# cement holiday fruit cake..
Furniture branch = grade C, would of been better with color options and usability
Contruction branch = grade C+, could easily be an A if Sony would just change the way crafting experimentation is done..
Installation branch = grade A - , schematics are good, graphics are good.. only the experimentation hurts the full use of this branch, but I did not take that into consideration of the grade
Housing branch = grade F, floorplans are pathetic, outside and inside aethetics need serious help in most of the homes.. customization would help greatly.. This branch could easily be an A, or B+ just by having better floorplans.. Anyone that thinks going up and down numerous steps and winding 200 foot long hallways is good, need NOT apply to be an architect..
and best of all its only2 lots
The long pointless hallway when you enter. You walk into an odd shaped room with metal pipes sticking out all over the place, and a stairway up to a balcony where you cannot see out any windows or see anything other than the living room.
The entry room of the large tatooine house really strikes me as ugly. I paid huge credits to buy one, and when I saw what i was getting, i about puked.
Hi,
in fact, the tatooine Houses are the only ones not made by a Counter-Strike level-designer. They are the most beautiful houses in the game. Unfortuantely, that does not meant they are good, they are just not as crapy as the others (well, ignoring the containers they call houses on corellia)
I really hope they will take care of those floorplans and give us some decent houses soon, especially for corellia.
Read ya.
Agreed.. Tat Medium is probably one of the better mistakes SOE made.. that is why I only said 80%..
One other thing they need to do. GET RID of that darn annoying space shuttle sound effect for opening up many of the homes.. The naboo ones have a low comfortable sound when going thru doors.. but like the generics, OMG, I feel like I'm in some sorty of Space Odessy.. The loud annoying sounds of the doors are a big turn off.. I wouldn't mind having this .wav or .mp3 sound effect changed..
Personally I think the biggest prob is hallways.Why do they have all these long space wasting rat maze designs and why place them on a small house.
Naboo Mediums I like(and own 1)the hallway to basement makes sence and dont waste space,and the upper 1 is a balcony so cool.
Naboo Large ..gasp..ok if i just keep trying some day ill find the chunk of cheeze in here.
Small Nboo syle2 ..the hallway God strikes again,this house would be fine if it was just 2 rooms no hallway,like a generic style 2 fp 2
I could go on but if ya stop and think ,well ok there not actually designed by real a real arch ya can forgive most all EXCEPT
Personally I think the biggest prob is hallways.Why do they have all these long space wasting rat maze designs and why place them on a small house.
Naboo Mediums I like(and own 1)the hallway to basement makes sence and dont waste space,and the upper 1 is a balcony so cool.
Naboo Large ..gasp..ok if i just keep trying some day ill find the chunk of cheeze in here.
Small Nboo syle2 ..the hallway God strikes again,this house would be fine if it was just 2 rooms no hallway,like a generic style 2 fp 2
I could go on but if ya stop and think ,well ok there not actually designed by real a real arch ya can forgive most all EXCEPT ALL THE
Med Naboo is cool too, together with Med Tatoine. The item cap of 150 is crap,
especially if you store your Desses in House.
Corellian Large -The one style isn't bad , but the one with the stair way that splits off is just horrible the interior light quality is enough to make anyone go mad.
Naboo Large- While some areas of the house are stunning it just seems like there are so many small rooms with nothing in them, has anyone actually furnished their whole naboo large?
Tat Large- Ugly Ugly, pipes the window is bad the curved edges to everything looks bad, countless rooms and hallways to get lost in, I know several people that are using guild halls as residences just because the tat large is so ugly
Naboo Medium- Not bad at least decently organized the high ceiling in the main room is really nice.
Tat Medium- Good sensable layout except for the back room that has that weird nich and the excessive hallways
Core Medium...your not getting much for your buck here
Aralithia Oran
=Blade of the Alliance=
Master Architect/ Rifleman
The hall way is obviously an attempt to have things loaded before you entered the actual house. You walk in, go down the hall way, enter the room and everything is loaded. The use to work before the play city patch. However the hall way is more annoying than standing there waiting for things to load. It was a nice try to fix a game mechanic with an art design, but it just doesn't work.
The tats and naboos are actually attractive from the outside and the medium generics I like both in and out. Everything else you have to question the skill of the artist or what they were on.