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Everything Stoot Said!

I tried to clean everything up and put names in bold and add the questions that Stoot was replying too. I hope everyone finds this as helpful as I did (and thank you Stoot for answering all our questions! You rock!)

stoot barfield  part of the point of towers to be able to create a space that you want to be public — houses don't work well for that since it is where you keep all your private stuff, resources, etc. and you don't want to let people in 

stoot barfield  balconies will likely come to houses as well 

stoot barfield  and unexpansion for houses as well 

Wobbles  its a great idea IMO stoot, props to the whole crew 

stoot barfield  Thanks!
 
Wife of ToeLivz  I think the towers are an awesome idea & whoever came up with it should be given many high fives :D 

Cuddlesworth  Oohhhh Stoot you are such a tease!! 

Mackena  in the meantime, can our inner doors be locked and we can make a store out of the ground floor? :-D 

stoot barfield  Mackena: 100% for sure there is no chance of that 

LilySunshine  Will we be able to put furniture in the SDB's that way we can sell what we make? 

stoot barfield  LilySunshine: put some SDBs in your SDBs? 

LilySunshine  that way we can sell our SDB's too!  haha 

stoot barfield  it might happen, but furniture is a bit more complicated  (b/c of the upgrades, etc.) 

LilySunshine  I understand they need to be fungible, so I would guess no upgrades would work the best?  (or all the same upgrade etc.) 

Lorraine ♪  towers are gonna murder serious resource routes. no telling how many trees we'll have to kill off to fit a tower. 

stoot barfield  towers are totally optional 

Mackena  how much space in the yard will they take? 

kepi  stoot! how much space will the tower kill? more than a space or 2 worth of resources? 

stoot barfield  less than 5 planks, I think something around the width of a large garden 

Wobbles  i will be wanting to Bedazzle my castle stoot, think you and the homies can swing that?

 stoot barfield  Bedazzling: yes! 

Syrup  So will the towers be coming before or after the game goes live again? ;) or is that classified? 

stoot barfield  Syrup: yes, before re-launch 

stoot barfield  relaunch: final date is not set yet, but the order will be: (1) turn invites back on and work through the queue of people who have been waiting, (2) send a notice to older players who haven't been back since all the stuff changed and (3) open it back up completely  with lots of testing in between, at each step 

glum pudding  stoot: please make a video of the new tutorial so 30457209385 people don't sign up for alts just to see it 

stoot barfield  yeah, we will, glum 

glum pudding  yay thanks 

stoot barfield you can't pick up SDBs with stuff in them 

Miss Bobbit  stoot, please give us a bettr way to buy and sell upgraded furniture 

stoot barfield  so you have have schlep everything to the tower the hard way 

Mackena  darn! I dont think I have enough ROOM in my bags for most of them :( 

stoot barfield  Miss Bobbit: thinking about it 

Miss Bobbit  thanks 

stoot barfield  Mackena: most of the stuff you have near-infinite supply of, people are not going to want to buy anyway :) 

stoot barfield  I think there will be lots of restaurants and bars 

Syrup  Furniture store would be awesome.

stoot barfield  restaurants b/c there will be another change in the future: bonus iMG when you eat a variety of food  so, people who don't have/use cooking skills will have a reason to buy crafted food 

JNNX  ALL LATER COMMERS: stoot barfield  (a tower is a new kind of building which you'll be able to build on your home street and which will be accessible to all home street visitors) 

stoot barfield  because towers have narrower floors (elevator on left) the spaces are more "room like"

stoot barfield  on the dev server, my tower has a nice lobby, a spacious high design coffee shop on the 2nd floor, a shrine room with some special trophies, a fancy-looking place to sell gems, etc.

Posted 6 months ago by LilySunshine Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • It's interesting to see that most people are talking about selling stuff in their towers... Are there nearly as many people interested in buying things from towers?

    This economy is dead! I demand a bailout from the hyper-wealthy level 60s. Walk around, buying all our crap, and just donate it away! Reach your donation limit, but keep dumping! The economy is the most important part of the universe! Er, of the game!
    Posted 5 months ago by Stuv Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Well, one person's anecdote is hardly scientific, but I can tell you I plan on buying things.  I'm the sort of person who asks the local thrift and junk shops which day they put new items out so that I can get first shot at things.  If I'm willing to schedule parts of my everyday life around the vague possibility of finding something neat for a small amount of money, you can bet your buttons I'll wander aimlessly in game to do it too.  I mean, most of my game time is already aimless wandering.  Why wouldn't I like what's essentially an permanent string of garage sales to go with it?  Sure, some people are going to think that their grandmother's lumpy, stained, and moth-eaten couch is worth $100, but someone else will sell an original printing of the Declaration of Independence for $4.
    Posted 5 months ago by Magic Monkey Subscriber! | Permalink
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    Posted 5 months ago by Jope Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Call me crazy, but after some visits to home-based 'stores', I can see the possibility of opening up not just stores, but franchises, and perhaps doing away with the auction house altogether.  Imagine that. 
    Posted 5 months ago by WalruZ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The auction house has an advantage that private stores don't: A search feature to get the item I need.
    Posted 5 months ago by Yendor Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Any estimates about when/if towers will appear this month?  Also, any chance of preview pics over at flickr by any of the devs?  :)  Maybe even a little video?  I know all new developing stuff is subject to massive changes, but little glimpses are always appreciated.
    Posted 5 months ago by Tibbi Subscriber! | Permalink
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