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New Houses and the Altair II

"If you think the Altair is cool, just wait until we release the Altair II"  And everyone did.  Which is why there is no Altair II.

I'm finding that the new housing system is like that for me for Glitch.  I was logging in every day, doing my thing, and then one day over the holidays I missed a day.  And then two.  And I haven't signed back in.  I know all my pigs are dead, and probably my butterflies too, and logging back in to raise a new farm is something I'll get around to.

But I'm really waiting for the new housing system.  Since October, seems like.  

Posted 11 months ago by Yarrow Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • I think you mean the Osborne, no?
    Posted 11 months ago by Lx’s Ghost Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I did a similar thing; dropped off because I expected the housing change to come soon after the herb improvements, and I just owned too, too much stuff to move into a bog house. I'd like to get my Uberculturalist badge and get back to goofing off, but not knowing when the changes are coming has me in limbo. My pigs totally all died, I may have even neglected a second set to their deaths!
    Posted 11 months ago by Stuv Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Lx, I so wish you had posted a "WARNING: wikipedia link containing further interesting linkages" notice.
    Posted 11 months ago by Jenllip Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Wait, you have it backwards. Everything is changing, so now is the time to do everything!  I, for one, want to live in every type of housing before the current housing system goes away. I've lived in a tree house, a meadow cottage, a bog house, and now a cave.  I haven't decided whether to move to a small white box or a large one next, though.  Both give me the shudders.
    Posted 11 months ago by Miel Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This issue has a number of us in a kind of Limbo.  I am collecting lots of building supplies just in case they will be needed.  I have had Engineering for some time but have recently learned Blockmaking and Fuelmaking just in case.  I really had no plans to learn those skills as they were mostly useless to me in Beta.  It has occurred to me that the upcoming housing improvements may include all new associated skills, that the building supplies I have accumulated could be useless altogether or that (Gulp) a reset may be necessary after all.

    I have read that the new housing is coming in the Spring so we may have a few weeks or even a couple months or more before this is added.  I understand that Leveling will be replaced by ( added to by) "Imagination" and that we will be improving/building using Imagination points/achievements.

    Anyway, my Cottage in Bortola is loaded to the rafters with stuff.  In a way, it could be a blessing if none of it is needed because I can then have a big Yard Sale and make a million currants and Imagine myself into a giant Cottage with animal pens and closets and furniture and paint and...  OK, so I am getting carried away but at least I do have a lot of Imagination.
    Posted 11 months ago by Brib Annie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I feel the exact same!     :D

    Lately, I've only been checking the forums to see if there are any new announcement posts about housing.  I've hoarded up a fairly good amount of stuff and made quite a range of blocks + bricks with my blockmaker.  But, over the past week or two I've basically lost interest in the game.  

    I'll probably keep checking the forums each day with the hope that the new housing will start be rolled out soon (or, at least some information about the process or timeline related to new housing)
    Posted 11 months ago by Riddel Subscriber! | Permalink
  • No definitive news and the silence from the devs seems to stomp out my desire to play. Everytime I check for updates and there still is nothing is making matters worse.
    Posted 11 months ago by Priscilla Parsley Subscriber! | Permalink
  • What they all said.
    Posted 11 months ago by Zira Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yeah, I feel the limbo too. I'm planning for my next house to be one where I can grow herbs, both for myself and my rl glitch friends, but I don't want to move before the housing revamp and the promised moving boxes. On the other hand I have quite a few quests that need herbs, which I will not buy off auction, just staring me in the face on my quest list. Ergo, I'm in a tug of war situation like many others I'm sure.

    That said, I do still play, but it's mainly geared toward getting achievements, which is a bad sign for me as it reduces the game into a grindfest. Hopefully lore will kick in again when we're done with beta.
    Posted 11 months ago by Souran Sweet Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I too am working on Achievements.  Not a bad thing to do.  I don't even look at those if I have Quests.  Right now my only Quest is the 11 Emblem collection to make an Icon.  I am working on that too. 
    Posted 11 months ago by Brib Annie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I am just playing along and liking what I see so far- but what an interesting link and concept.
    Posted 11 months ago by Thursday Soleil Subscriber! | Permalink
  • ah! The Osborne... verrry interesting.
    Posted 11 months ago by Ooola Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I have not reached my "why am I doing this" moment yet, but I know people who have and who have departed for other pastures, of which there are many.  
    Posted 11 months ago by WalruZ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Is that like Sharon then?? :p
    Posted 11 months ago by riscy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I've been pretty patient (for me anyway) as far as the new housing goes. I know these things take time. it would be wonderful if they give us an idea of how much longer when they do the Q & A, but the part of me that has become cynical doesn't think that will happen. so I spend my days refreshing the forums and waiting....meanwhile in the game I'm kinda wandering around aimlessly, harvesting this, making that. I've done a lot of the badges and the ones that are left require lots and lots of time, so now I'm at the point where I log in and go "now what?".
    Posted 11 months ago by bored no more Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I, too, am mostly just biding my time 'til the new housing kicks in. I have to work hard to come up with reasons to spend much time in-world.

    I'm currently piling up currants (see what I did there?) and gaining levels in the perhaps vain hope that some of that will translate into Imagination for use in the new system.

    I do worry that after relaunch, those of us who have been through beta 2 will be the ancien regime of the new world: rich in Imagination, way beyond the new players coming in. I hope this will not breed class distinctions that are divisive and unpleasant.

    I'm making myself a mental note to be super-generous to new players when we come out of beta.
    Posted 11 months ago by Pascale Subscriber! | Permalink