Rob Reininger · Technical Designer

So apartments might be a little premature. We've got the concept of habs, which aren't really being used the way that they're fully intended to be at the end of the day. Right now, when you spawn into the game or you die, you spawn back at your hab. But these are intended to be things that you can rent for a period of time. I rent a hab for a month for a certain amount of credits and that is your room at that point. So it's kind of like the apartment concept. I think if I was to guess, I think they're kind of going for, is there going to be player housing or guild housing in the game? And we understand that that's something that people are interested in, but we're still a ways off from having dedicated apartment buildings or things like that in the game. Tons of space to obviously do it. We want to get the foundation of the game in there first.

Jared Huckaby · Host, Community

This topic has come up a number of times over the years. I think we can say we have lots of ideas, but that's not the same as plans at this point. Right now you can see the development plan for the remainder of 2018 on the RSI public roadmap. Beyond that, it's a lot of ideas, a lot of wish list kind of stuff like that. But thanks for bringing up the hab thing though. You're of course referring to the habs that you spawn into on Port Olisar or Grim HEX.

Rob Reininger · Technical Designer

Yeah, think of it like your stateroom. It's the bedroom that you wake up in. Those are what we call habs. It's part of our common elements set. So all locations will have habs. All locations will have medical units or certain core elements that every place needs, just as a function: landing pads, etc. So habs are on that list. So they're going to be a common thing that you're going to see around the universe. Even if it's just for the workers, like it's a little truck stop. You can't actually rent a room at a truck stop. It's just for the workers, but they're going to be there, so that workers can come and go and go to sleep and have their 24-hour schedule. So, yeah, they're going to be a common thing. And the idea is that there's going to be different kind of tiers of habs: these are a little nicer, they have a little more room for customization, or this is just baseline, like it's a bed and a closet and that's about it, right? A roll of toilet paper. Shared bathroom.