Did you go play?

I did! manipulating objects will be wonky (no worse than in SL), and I hope they let us set some defaults that aren't there now. playing with floorplans is going to be so much fun. I look forward to seeing how you level up (more rooms!)

There are lots of decor items being added for finishing past achievements, in all the free time before launch...Finish these Retro Achievements Now to Get Free Hous...

Hopefully there will be an update with pictures so you don't have to hunt for all the models separately.

I keep reminding myself it's an alpha. Lots of the UI is unfinished or doesn't work. I'm eager to see the size minimums for a group neighborhood. Although I'll probably want to finish the special events, which look like they'll require a fairly active neighborhood, so public will probably be my choice unless a group of small guilds cooperates.

once you have a house in each faction neighborhood, you can go to either one and edit with toons from both factions. I haven't confirmed the vendors work cross-faction.

How does it compare to player housing in LOTRO?

Fogwoman I've never done enough LOTRO to know.

Rather compare it to Wildstar's housing. There you unlocked a whole big platform in the sky, and you could drop a shitton of pretty stuff.

And in Elder Scrolls Online you can buy 3 different sizes of lots for many house styles with space around it, and also drop many many things to make it pretty.

And I guess I will wait until it's live and then see what people post what you can get where and under which conditions, and then decide what I want and do what needed.