New Marketplace Items: Uncanny Estate and more!

[Isulith]

<p style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><img src="http://eq2players.station.sony.com/images/en/features/articles/marketplace/banners/marketplace_new.png" width="480" height="192" /></p><p style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> </p><p style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><strong>Uncanny Estate Prestige Home</strong></p><p style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://eq2players.station.sony.com/images/en/features/articles/marketplace/2011/102011/unrest_prestige03.jpg"></a></p><p style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://eq2players.station.sony.com/images/en/features/articles/marketplace/2011/102011/unrest_prestige03.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://eq2players.station.sony.com/images/en/features/articles/marketplace/2011/102011/unrest_prestige03_sm.jpg" border="0" width="450" height="350" /></a></p><p style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">From one of the scariest places in Norrath comes the Uncanny Estate. It's an uncanny replica of The Estate of Unrest. This prestige home can be yours for 1,350 Station Cash! </span></p><p style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Note: Clicking on the image now gives a larger view!</em></span></p><p style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Also released this week: New House Plushies and Violet Jester's Hat.</p><p style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"> </p><p style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://everquest2.com/news/read/current/4092" target="_blank"><img src="http://everquest2.com/images/en/community/buttons/readmore.png" border="0" width="175" height="44" /></a></p>

[Debbani]

<p>I absolutely love it <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />  I only wish it had an outdoor area.  Even just a balcony.</p>

[quiarrah]

<p>I heard it was open for viewing on live servers but it isn't seen on Splitpaw. . .when will it be available??? I want this house!</p>

[vexrm]

<p>Hey Isulith! Vexrm here. You know what I'm going to ask. Any news on gifting? Really, it's okay if I'm not allowed to gift, I just want to know what the rules are and when I can.</p>

[CorpseGoddess]

<p>You people kill me.  I finally finish decorating my Freeblood Lair after working on it for a year, and two days later you bring out the mansion I've been begging for for years.  lol.</p><p>All I can say is THANK YOU!</p>

[Dark_fairy]

<p>still no violet nightmare mount /sigh</p>

[Haohmaru]

<p>There's a little bonus hidden within the Estate - for those who can find it >:)</p><p>(Don't look at the post in the homeshow forum if you don't want spoilers!)</p>

[CorpseGoddess]

<p><cite>Haohmaru wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>There's a little bonus hidden within the Estate - for those who can find it ><img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>(Don't look at the post in the homeshow forum if you don't want spoilers!)</p></blockquote><p>I found it, after bouncing off walls.  =)</p><p>Just a teeny, tiny small request...this is wonderful, it really is.  But, but, but...........</p><p>Could we get more of the Haunted Mansion from the NotD quest and less of Unrest?  I know I'm going to come off sounding ungrateful, and that's not my aim at all.  It's just that...well, I fall in love with that zone every October when I run the quest.  The burnt wallpaper, the rooms, the hallways, the cellar--all of it.</p><p>This is lovely, but it has no character.  The Haunted Mansion DRIPS with character and I adore it.  Is there any way at ALL we can get THAT house for prestige housing?  THAT'S the house I've been dreaming about since you all introduced the NotD quest years ago.</p><p>Please understand this isn't a spoiled tantrum, foot-stomping "BUT I WAAAAAAAANT IT!" ungrateful post.  I appreciate this, I do.  But my sad old black goth heart is in love with the quest zone and I long for it.</p>

[Dawnya]

<p>Same here, love the Haunted Mansion out of Loping Plains! But still I adore this too! Thanks so much for giving it to us! Now to figure out which of my gazillion freeblood alts I will be buying it for! Decisions decisions!</p>

[Aerfen]

<p><cite>Haohmaru wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>There's a little bonus hidden within the Estate - for those who can find it ><img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>(Don't look at the post in the homeshow forum if you don't want spoilers!)</p></blockquote><p>*...runs to the Homeshow forum...*</p><p>People have been wanting this place for YEARS!  Thanks devs!</p>

[Cyliena]

<p><cite>quiarrah wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I heard it was open for viewing on live servers but it isn't seen on Splitpaw. . .when will it be available??? I want this house!</p></blockquote><p>EU gets patches one day after U.S. servers. So, 5am BST tomorrow is your patch time.</p>

[Nebbeny]

We can however, buy it off of the Marketplace on Splitpaw. Leading people to now own a house that they can't enter.

[vexrm]

<p>Thanks for fixing the gifting problem</p>

[Ciara52]

<p>Thank you  <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" /> <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" />     </p><p>Oh and I found it  <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" /> <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" />   </p><p> Is a violet Pegasus a wish item or a possibility?   Now that would be awesome!</p>

[Isulith]

<p><cite>vexrm wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Hey Isulith! Vexrm here. You know what I'm going to ask. Any news on gifting? Really, it's okay if I'm not allowed to gift, I just want to know what the rules are and when I can.</p></blockquote><p>Thanks for being so patient, vexrm! It looks like there was a fix for it in the most recent patch. I'm terribly sorry it's taken so long to get back with you (and others). I was still trying to find out the most accurate information. Please, please let me know if you have any further issues with it!</p><p>Thank you! <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Isulith]

<p><cite>Cyliena wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>quiarrah wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I heard it was open for viewing on live servers but it isn't seen on Splitpaw. . .when will it be available??? I want this house!</p></blockquote><p>EU gets patches one day after U.S. servers. So, 5am BST tomorrow is your patch time.</p></blockquote><p>Thanks a bunch for posting this, Cyliena! That is absolutely correct. I apologize for any confusion.</p>

[Nakaru-Nitepaw]

<p>When they gave us the 7 year veteran crag estate, I remember telling people I would have prefered unrest over mystmoore. I guess i just had a wait a year. I know i gotta buy this one but still. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" /></p>

[Tyrus Dracofire]

<p>i found a glitch in Uncanny estates, in tavern/bar, i noticed a counter part is missing.</p>

[vexrm]

<p><cite>Tyrus@Butcherblock wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>i found a glitch in Uncanny estates, in tavern/bar, i noticed a counter part is missing.</p></blockquote><p>Was just coming here to post that. To be clear (I don't have screenshots I'm sorry), when you enter the bar area, the bottom part of the first support column at the bar  is missing and you can see behind the bar shelves</p>

[Tyrus Dracofire]

<p>here the picture of missing counter base support.</p><p><a href="http://s218.photobucket.com/albums/cc319/Taliestar/Other%20Games/?action=view&current=EQ2_000085.png">http://s218.photobucket.com/albums/...=EQ2_000085.png</a></p>

[Tylia]

<p><cite>Haohmaru wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>There's a little bonus hidden within the Estate - for those who can find it ><img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>(Don't look at the post in the homeshow forum if you don't want spoilers!)</p></blockquote><p>This post had me rushing to log on, and running to SQ to tour the house again.  I found the bonus after a bit of searching and head scratching.  Very clever!  <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Haohmaru]

<p><cite>Tyrus@Butcherblock wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>here the picture of missing counter base support.</p><p><a href="http://s218.photobucket.com/albums/cc319/Taliestar/Other%20Games/?action=view&current=EQ2_000085.png">http://s218.photobucket.com/albums/...=EQ2_000085.png</a></p></blockquote><p>I'll get that stitched up - appreciate the report!</p>

[d1anaw]

<p><cite>Debbani@Unrest_old wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I absolutely love it <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" />  I only wish it had an outdoor area.  Even just a balcony.</p></blockquote><p>I love it too. Had to buy it. But I would also like an outdoor/balcony space.</p>

[DuneWarrior]

<p>Kind of surprised the garden/porch/top balcony isnt there as well.</p>

[Tyrus Dracofire]

<p>Unrest Estates is more of elite housing zone, might be way more than prestige house zone, that will take time and maybe we all could give feedbacks on what we likes before they will built the "Dream house".</p><p>TT Island was the tip of iceberg of free will decorating on everything from scratch, just matter of time or when there will be another island, some do want refugee island. there so much ideas.</p><p>so, this Uncanny Estates seem ideal for new "haunted" theme, or Tavern style for wayfarers.</p>

[CorpseGoddess]

<p><cite>Tyrus@Butcherblock wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Unrest Estates is more of elite housing zone, might be way more than prestige house zone, that will take time and maybe we all could give feedbacks on what we likes before they will built the "Dream house".</p><p>TT Island was the tip of iceberg of free will decorating on everything from scratch, just matter of time or when there will be another island, some do want refugee island. there so much ideas.</p><p>so, this Uncanny Estates seem ideal for new "haunted" theme, or Tavern style for wayfarers.</p></blockquote><p>Except it's not really an Estate.  I'm not trying to be a poophead, but what we've all been asking for for years is one of two things:</p><p>1.  The Haunted Mansion from the Somborn NotD quest</p><p>and/or</p><p>2.  The Estate of Unrest</p><p>What we got here is a tiny, smooshed version of the two.</p><p>Personally, I want the Haunted Mansion---the hallways, the upstairs rooms, the basement, the ruined wallpaper--all of it.  That would make me very happy.  But I know a lot of people would want Unrest with the outdoor area.  This slice of housing is neither, really.</p>

[Tylia]

<p>I really like the house, and the sound effects.  There's a lot of room (yet not ridiculously huge), a fun little "secret", lots of built in shelves/bookcases, and (as mentioned earlier) sound effects.  I'm happy with my purchase.  <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Isulith]

<p><cite>Dark_fairy wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>still no violet nightmare mount /sigh</p></blockquote><p>I can't wait for that one, too! <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[retro_guy]

<p><cite>Streppoch@Guk wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Tyrus@Butcherblock wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Unrest Estates is more of elite housing zone, might be way more than prestige house zone, that will take time and maybe we all could give feedbacks on what we likes before they will built the "Dream house".</p><p>TT Island was the tip of iceberg of free will decorating on everything from scratch, just matter of time or when there will be another island, some do want refugee island. there so much ideas.</p><p>so, this Uncanny Estates seem ideal for new "haunted" theme, or Tavern style for wayfarers.</p></blockquote><p>Except it's not really an Estate.  I'm not trying to be a poophead, but what we've all been asking for for years is one of two things:</p><p>1.  The Haunted Mansion from the Somborn NotD quest</p><p>and/or</p><p>2.  The Estate of Unrest</p><p>What we got here is a tiny, smooshed version of the two.</p><p>Personally, I want the Haunted Mansion---the hallways, the upstairs rooms, the basement, the ruined wallpaper--all of it.  That would make me very happy.  But I know a lot of people would want Unrest with the outdoor area.  This slice of housing is neither, really.</p></blockquote><p>Sadly I have to agree. I was so excited walking through it for the first time. The room on the right is so awesome, the one on the left, not so great with the built in bar, but nice. The landing is great, and the upper 2 rooms are good. But there it ends! </p><p>There's not attic, no basement, it's tiny! Please make it like the haunted house!</p><p>I did find the secret room though, that's a nice touch.</p><p>If there are to be any alterations to the house, how about making it possible to drop down the chimney from the upper level and climb up the chimney from the lower level?</p>

[Loviotor]

<p>Personally, I would be happy with a balcony or something like it, overlooking Somborn or a garden/hedgemaze area like in Estate of Unrest.  Just my two copper pieces.</p>

[GrunEQ]

<p><cite>Loviotor wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Personally, I would be happy with a balcony or something like it, overlooking Somborn or a garden/hedgemaze area like in Estate of Unrest.  Just my two copper pieces.</p></blockquote><p><span style="color: #ff0000;">+1 </span></p>

[d1anaw]

<p><cite>retro_guy wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Streppoch@Guk wrote:</cite></p><blockquote>Sadly I have to agree. I was so excited walking through it for the first time. The room on the right is so awesome, the one on the left, not so great with the built in bar, but nice. The landing is great, and the upper 2 rooms are good. But there it ends! </blockquote><p>There's not attic, no basement, it's tiny! Please make it like the haunted house!</p><p>I did find the secret room though, that's a nice touch.</p><p>If there are to be any alterations to the house, how about making it possible to drop down the chimney from the upper level and climb up the chimney from the lower level?</p></blockquote><p>The bar is my favorite part of the whole house. But I would like a balcony or garden area.</p>

[tinydot]

<p>I am disapointed in the use of expanders in this house.</p><p>I bought both on marketplace and both ( 100 and 200 items ) were used, but only increased count to 900.  Is this intensional or a mistake? </p><p>A warning or a total max item count with expanders on main house window before you use them or buy them would save a lot of headaches.</p><p>As for the house design its nice but I like others above would prefer the haunted house in lopin.</p>

[Arbreth]

<p>If the house started out with only 600 count, then 900 is proper with the expanders.</p><p>But you do have a point, it would be nice to see what the item count is of a home BEFORE it is purchased.  Once more I feel that the item counts are too low for many places, especially the Prestige homes.  Up the count, give us more or larger expanders, please!</p><p>Also, would love to know where the next empty plot of land is going to be!</p>

[Tylia]

<p><cite>tinydot wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I am disapointed in the use of expanders in this house.</p><p>I bought both on marketplace and both ( 100 and 200 items ) were used, but only increased count to 900.  Is this intensional or a mistake? </p><p>A warning or a total max item count with expanders on main house window before you use them or buy them would save a lot of headaches.</p><p>As for the house design its nice but I like others above would prefer the haunted house in lopin.</p></blockquote><p>The two marketplace expanders can not be stacked, but can be stacked with the player made expander.  The house starts out with an item count of 700.  Add a player made expander (100 items) and a marketplace expander (100 or 200 items but not both) and you can increase the item count in the house to either 900 or 1,000, depending on which marketplace expander you use.  <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[tinydot]

<p><cite>Tylia@Butcherblock wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>tinydot wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I am disapointed in the use of expanders in this house.</p><p>I bought both on marketplace and both ( 100 and 200 items ) were used, but only increased count to 900.  Is this intensional or a mistake? </p><p>A warning or a total max item count with expanders on main house window before you use them or buy them would save a lot of headaches.</p><p>As for the house design its nice but I like others above would prefer the haunted house in lopin.</p></blockquote><p>The two marketplace expanders can not be stacked, but can be stacked with the player made expander.  The house starts out with an item count of 700.  Add a player made expander (100 items) and a marketplace expander (100 or 200 items but not both) and you can increase the item count in the house to either 900 or 1,000, depending on which marketplace expander you use.  <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p>Thanx for pointing that out to me and others.  I bought a player made 100 and it took it to 1k items for the house.  Its ashame I still wasted a buck on sonys 100 and sad sonys just say "Must not already have an item expander of equal or higher value already on house", nothing about stacking the 100 and 200.</p><p>And the total max item count with and without expanders on main house window before you use them or buy them (or buy the house) would still be nice to have.</p>

[Nisala]

<p>Not sure where to post this, but since there was a post in this thread about a graphics glitch in the Uncanny Estate, thought I'd post another one here.  I've not seen this one posted before, but I may have overlooked it.</p><p>Below is the picture of the corner posts of the railing along the balcony above the door.  The west side corner post has a distorted edge. I've also shown the non-distorted counterpart on the other side of the balcony. </p><p><img src="http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/7978/uncannypost.jpg" width="576" height="477" /></p><p>I've checked this on two different computers and in different homes, all with the same glitch.</p>

[Valdaglerion]

<p>When I first saw the Estate was hitting SC I was ready to hit the buy button but after the tour I  was less than impressed. I think the Haunted Mansion in Loping Plains and The Estate of Unrest just really set the bar nice and high.</p><p>Crags Estate is nice but honestly, it is overwhelming in size (as are others for a "home design", they are moe suited to zones, which is what they were inended to be). The difference with Estate of Unrest is the general size of the rooms and hall ways within the house and catacombs, they are proportionate to living space so while it is sprawling it can be done tastefully. The same is true with the haunted mansion though on a much smaller scale.</p><p>I think the Uncanny Estate is nice but simply fails to deliver on the expectation many of us are holding on to with anticipation of getting the Haunted Mansion and the hidden room in it as a Small/Medium home and The full estate of Unrest with catacombs, motes, sprwaling gardens and house with all its intricacies as a Massive Home.</p><p>What I truly hope is that we will see more custom home building opportunity with the new dungeon maker technology. The ability to collect all those maps (hopefully for a good majority of dungeons and zones if not all), good modular pieces to layout and such would be awesome. Once built you would get the option to publish as a dungeon complete with mobs and have the dungeon then evaluated and itemized OR published as a house (we should be able to connect them to various zones. For instance an entrance near Nek Castle if the house is built on the model of that map, etc). Hope the zone in locations are being taken into account for the dungeon maker and it wont be a hodge podge of weird portals like we have now for the prestige housing that is getting out of hand quickly.</p><p>The boon that would be for the decorating community...</p>

[Raienya]

<p>Count me in with the people disappointed with the SC Uncanny Estate home. I was really hoping for a duplicate of the Unrest manor house (secret doors behind the bookcase, attic, basement, grounds and all).</p><p>Really not impressed with the size of the house or number of rooms. Was hoping for so much more.</p>

[Feanix1]

<p>I am incredibly pleased with the home! It seems like over time all these houses have gotten "bigger and better", but bigger being the key word. Yes, bigger is nice, but scaled to fit actual sized furniture and characters is definately something wonderful in my book.</p><p>The secret to the house is fantastic. Really creative <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>I bought one as soon as I could and can't wait to finish it up! In my opinion, this is the one home that I wouldn't cover all the walls up as I would with all the others. The detail is too beautiful to slap a tile or divider in front of.</p><p>I am pleased as punch with this house. Thank you, thank you very much! <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/e8a506dc4ad763aca51bec4ca7dc8560.gif" border="0" /></p>

[quiarrah]

<p>Well this is the first time I have ever done the Haunted Mansion in Somborn. . . I fell in love with the house as soon as I wakked inside. .so much so that I was not ready for tha attack! LOL. . too busy looking around!</p><p>Anyway. . . I do love the house they gave us. . .but I too still wish it had the extra rooms and the basement. I mean. .THAT is the house we all fel in love with. . . . but I got this one anyway. . . .and I have tos ay it is looking rather nice. I will post screenshots when it is done. . .and put it on the leaderboard on the SPLITPAW server. Until then though you can come and visit Kiannarose's Uncanny Estate any time you are inthe neighborhood of SQ Splitpaw.</p>

[CorpseGoddess]

<p><cite>quiarrah wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Well this is the first time I have ever done the Haunted Mansion in Somborn. . . I fell in love with the house as soon as I wakked inside. .so much so that I was not ready for tha attack! LOL. . too busy looking around!</p><p>Anyway. . . I do love the house they gave us. . .but I too still wish it had the extra rooms and the basement. I mean. .THAT is the house we all fel in love with. . . . but I got this one anyway. . . .and I have tos ay it is looking rather nice. I will post screenshots when it is done. . .and put it on the leaderboard on the SPLITPAW server. Until then though you can come and visit Kiannarose's Uncanny Estate any time you are inthe neighborhood of SQ Splitpaw.</p></blockquote><p>Agreed.  I fell in love with that house because it had character.  One of the things I loved best about it was the blackened texture on the walls, the grimy look and feel to it, the tattered curtains--it felt old, disused and lived in.  This new house doesn't have that--it's just a box that sort of resembles the Somborn Mansion. </p>

[Te'ana]

<p>Folks complained that the 7 year vet house looked too worn out and wished they had a nice new shiney house instead. So this one is nice and shiney and now folks are complaining that it should look shabby. I don't think the poor designers can win for losing.</p>

[CorpseGoddess]

<p><cite>Lateana@The Bazaar wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Folks complained that the 7 year vet house looked too worn out and wished they had a nice new shiney house instead. So this one is nice and shiney and now folks are complaining that it should look shabby. I don't think the poor designers can win for losing.</p></blockquote><p>Not true at all.  If they had given us a "nice new shiny house", that would be fine.  But they BILLED it as "Uncanny Estate", which comes with expectations of it being "shabby"; or--in the case of the Somborn Mansion--decayed, moldering and musty.</p><p>Please don't equate the general whine-and-moaning that goes on in the forums with the very specific concerns and comments about this very specific house release brought up in this thread.  I, for one, am not a nay-sayer or a doom-mongerer.  My comments are what they are because I truly love the Somborn Mansion and have wished for that exact instance as a house ever since it was introduced--and yes, I'm disappointed that this "Uncanny Estate" isn't it.</p><p>I'm a huge fan of the art department here, and I'm pretty sure they know it--I'm constantly posting in threads about the stuff they do and how much I love it.  So please don't muddy the facts here--read the whole thread and people's entire posts before dismissing them as simple "complaining".</p>

[Te'ana]

<p><cite>Streppoch@Guk wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Lateana@The Bazaar wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Folks complained that the 7 year vet house looked too worn out and wished they had a nice new shiney house instead. So this one is nice and shiney and now folks are complaining that it should look shabby. I don't think the poor designers can win for losing.</p></blockquote><p>Not true at all.  If they had given us a "nice new shiny house", that would be fine.  But they BILLED it as "Uncanny Estate", which comes with expectations of it being "shabby"; or--in the case of the Somborn Mansion--decayed, moldering and musty.</p><p>Please don't equate the general whine-and-moaning that goes on in the forums with the very specific concerns and comments about this very specific house release brought up in this thread.  I, for one, am not a nay-sayer or a doom-mongerer.  My comments are what they are because I truly love the Somborn Mansion and have wished for that exact instance as a house ever since it was introduced--and yes, I'm disappointed that this "Uncanny Estate" isn't it.</p><p>I'm a huge fan of the art department here, and I'm pretty sure they know it--I'm constantly posting in threads about the stuff they do and how much I love it.  So please don't muddy the facts here--read the whole thread and people's entire posts before dismissing them as simple "complaining".</p></blockquote><p>My my, testy aren't we! Your attack on me proves you don't understand the difference between a positive, negative, and sarcastic post.</p><p>BTW, the Uncanny Estate is not a clone of the Somborn Estate or the Estate of Unrest.  Although it has elements of both, it is a unique new house. I for one, bought it immediately because it was NOT shabby. Taste varies and your taste is not the only one that counts.</p><p>My comments are not a negation of your posts unless you want to read that into it. I am simply tired of folks making negative comments here and elsewhere in the forums. If you want a different kind of SC house, just create a post and say what you want to see in a SC house. Don't just complain that what was offered is a disappointment and should be changed. Be positive, not negative.</p>

[CorpseGoddess]

<p><cite>Lateana@The Bazaar wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Streppoch@Guk wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Lateana@The Bazaar wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Folks complained that the 7 year vet house looked too worn out and wished they had a nice new shiney house instead. So this one is nice and shiney and now folks are complaining that it should look shabby. I don't think the poor designers can win for losing.</p></blockquote><p>Not true at all.  If they had given us a "nice new shiny house", that would be fine.  But they BILLED it as "Uncanny Estate", which comes with expectations of it being "shabby"; or--in the case of the Somborn Mansion--decayed, moldering and musty.</p><p>Please don't equate the general whine-and-moaning that goes on in the forums with the very specific concerns and comments about this very specific house release brought up in this thread.  I, for one, am not a nay-sayer or a doom-mongerer.  My comments are what they are because I truly love the Somborn Mansion and have wished for that exact instance as a house ever since it was introduced--and yes, I'm disappointed that this "Uncanny Estate" isn't it.</p><p>I'm a huge fan of the art department here, and I'm pretty sure they know it--I'm constantly posting in threads about the stuff they do and how much I love it.  So please don't muddy the facts here--read the whole thread and people's entire posts before dismissing them as simple "complaining".</p></blockquote><p>My my, testy aren't we! Your attack on me proves you don't understand the difference between a positive, negative, and sarcastic post.</p><p>BTW, the Uncanny Estate is not a clone of the Somborn Estate or the Estate of Unrest.  Although it has elements of both, it is a unique new house. I for one, bought it immediately because it was NOT shabby. Taste varies and your taste is not the only one that counts.</p><p>My comments are not a negation of your posts unless you want to read that into it. I am simply tired of folks making negative comments here and elsewhere in the forums. If you want a different kind of SC house, just create a post and say what you want to see in a SC house. Don't just complain that what was offered is a disappointment and should be changed. Be positive, not negative.</p></blockquote><p>My, my, snarky aren't we!  Please go back and read through *all* my posts in this thread and then come back and tell me I'm being all negative.   Thanks in advance.</p>