Back in February, Blizzard Entertainment announced a brand-new housing feature coming to World of Warcraft. It takes some clear cues from Final Fantasy XIV’s approach to player homes, which led to the obvious question of whether WoW would replicate the worst problems of its competitor’s housing or find a way to rise above them. In a new blog post, it’s clear that at least when it comes to interior design, WoW seems to be learning all the right lessons from Final Fantasy XIV.
The new WoW blog post focuses entirely on how players will be able to arrange objects within their houses, but if that sounds boring, you might not understand how seriously some players take housing. Player homes represent one of the biggest forms of customization in massively multiplayer RPGs, letting anyone design not just their own character, but an entire building that they can show off to their friends. Some of the biggest issues with housing in WoW revolve around the restrictions on how you place furniture, which makes WoW’s chaotically open-ended approach all the more exciting.
