World of Warcraft Finally Gets Player Housing
World of Warcraft has added a long requested feature at last: proper player housing. Even though the system is still in early access, it has already exploded in popularity. Social feeds are packed with screenshots and videos as players show off everything from cozy cave systems to enormous fantasy palaces.
The most impressive part is how creative the community has become with the available building tools. Using a mix of walls, decorations and structural pieces, players are not just making homes. They are building full on works of art that completely transform how World of Warcraft looks and feels.
Whenever you give gamers a customization sandbox, one thing is almost guaranteed to happen. Someone is going to rebuild Star Wars. That prediction has absolutely come true in WoW’s new housing system.
One Player’s Mission To Rebuild Star Wars In Azeroth
Reddit user Top_Syllabub6619 has quickly become one of the standout creators in the new World of Warcraft housing community. They started out building original designs like off brand ships and motorcycles, clearly testing the limits of the housing tools. Once they had mastered the system, they went all in on a very specific theme.
Their goal: recreate iconic Star Wars vehicles and droids inside World of Warcraft.
Using only in game objects and pieces, they have assembled some shockingly accurate builds:
An AT AT walker modeled after Darth Vader’s forces. Built from assorted parts and structural elements, it cannot move or fire lasers, but the silhouette and overall shape are instantly recognizable. It looms over the landscape in a way that really sells the Imperial vibe.
An R2 D2 themed house where the famous droid becomes an actual home. By cleverly combining curved elven style walls and carefully chosen colors, they captured the look of the droid’s dome and body. Blue accents and gold trimmed decorations finish the design, making it look surprisingly close to the original if you glance at it from a distance.
A Millennium Falcon that channels the feel of the legendary smuggler ship. Even though WoW does not have purpose built Star Wars assets, the creator has pieced together the general outline and details using what is available in the housing toolkit.
An Imperial Star Destroyer that floats above the ground like it is patrolling the skies of Azeroth. The build is large, angular and imposing, cutting a dramatic shape against the more peaceful jungle surroundings where it is placed.
These creations are not official crossovers. They are entirely fan made, built purely from passion and a strong understanding of both Star Wars designs and the possibilities inside WoW’s new housing system. That mix of fandom and creativity is exactly what makes sandbox style building tools so fun to watch.
Top_Syllabub6619 even shows their character in a full Darth Vader inspired outfit when standing by the Star Destroyer, committing completely to the theme. The whole thing feels like a custom Star Wars corner of Azeroth crafted by one extremely dedicated player.
Why This Housing System Has So Much Potential
Blizzard’s new housing tools are already proving how powerful player creativity can be in an online game. Even though we are only in early access, people are already pushing the system into wild new territory.
From these Star Wars builds alone, a few things are clear:
Flexible building pieces matter. The fact that someone can turn curved elven walls into R2 D2 shows that the building blocks are versatile. Good housing systems let players reinterpret simple pieces into totally different shapes.
Theme builds drive community engagement. Iconic recreations from movies and other games are easy for players to recognize and share. That leads to more screenshots, more social buzz and more people wanting to log in and try building themselves.
There is room for full portfolios. The article’s author even jokes about wanting to see a complete collection of Star Wars ships and droids, including deeper cuts like Luthen Rael’s Fondor Haulcraft with its distinctive side mounted weapons. When one creator starts a theme, it can easily turn into an ongoing series that other players follow.
We have not yet seen what the interiors of all these ships look like. The Imperial Star Destroyer in particular looks like a place you would want to explore as a full base. If the inside is as detailed as the exterior, it could function as a fully themed home or guild hangout, not just a cool object to look at from the outside.
For World of Warcraft players, this new system offers something different from traditional raiding and questing. It adds a more relaxed, creative layer to the game that rewards imagination more than item level. If Blizzard continues to expand the tools, adds more building pieces and improves how players can share and visit each other’s homes, housing could become one of the strongest long term features in WoW.
And if the early days are anything to go by, you can expect many more pop culture themed builds in the future. Today it is Star Wars AT ATs and Star Destroyers rising above Azeroth’s jungles. Tomorrow it might be other sci fi ships, famous fantasy castles or even recreations of real world landmarks, all built one wall and decoration at a time.
Original article and image: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/world-of-warcraft/i-can-tell-world-of-warcrafts-player-housing-is-going-well-by-the-amount-of-star-wars-stuff-this-one-player-keeps-building/
