They put that exact system in Shroud of the Avatar. It's doable. The bigger size your house is, the more you pay in taxes. Like 200g per day for 7x7 to 1000g a day for 18x18s. Then like 1500g a day for castles and keeps. Would also open up some much needed space on crowded shards.
I would close my accounts and never log on if that happend.
If you want the game dead go on... Because that's how you kill uo.
I've wanted this to be an option for a really long time. There have been dozens of times where I wanted to place a small house in a cool spot, but wished I could have the regular storage.
Yes to this!
Lets just encourage more gold farming/scripting so we can pay or monthly rent, oh wait we already do, it is called a subscription. Oh buy the way this is not RL it is an online game, stupid ideas make people close accounts, try again.
Yes please do this, help support your local gold sellers.
This system is in place in most games with housing. It's not a new idea nor a game killer. It works out to 30k a month for an 18x18. That's not asking a lot. Nobody is going to buy duped gold to pay for that. If you have 45 houses, that's a complete rarity and you would be affected. But most players wouldn't and it would work toward the goal we're looking for. Also, if you have 45 houses, you really need to give up some of that space to other players. That's absolutely ridiculous. What are you doing with 45 houses?
She said 75 horses..I hope she actually meant horses and not houses..I would like to know how 14 accounts control 75 houses.
Play the paying once every 3 months game, and the equivalent of 14 accounts of cash gets you 42 houses. Now double it because you can have 1 production and 1 Siege/Mugen house per account = 84 potential houses for the monetary equivalent of 14 full-time paid accounts, which is the money UO would lose if all those accounts were closed. Technically could add another 42 houses for test shard too, and even more for grandfathered houses that don't count. Not sure if that's what's happening, but yeah it's possible to get up to 126+ houses for the price of 14 fully paid accounts. Plus being able to buy gametime codes for half price with that other loophole of changing the location to Mexico or something where the currency exchange rate makes it cheaper. UO housing is a really easily exploitable system, yet somehow this is all fully legal and breaks no rules.
I would rather throw my gold into the trash barrel than pay taxes on something I already spend real cash on every 6 months. least throwing it in the trash I'd get points. (1,000= 10pts)
Those would be games that let you rent houses and you know that from the get go. UO we own our houses and we have for 20+ years. What are you the housing police telling people how many homes they can own now. How do you know how much it would be do you own a UO Crystal ball that tells you. How many homes does it take to get rid of 1 trillion gold only about 33,333,333.33333333 That is one good gold sink,not. Please list all those games that has housing like UO, ZERO.
Yeah, meanwhile the game goes under because of inflation and people buying duped gold and items. You have to put balance in the game somehow and doing nothing will make it worse and worse until there are no players left. A housing tax is a cheap, easy way to work on that without forcing players to buy gold from websites.
Shroud of the avatar and asherons call. They both have housing taxes.
its 21 years the game is still going WOW even without taxes go figure.
Aaaaannnnndddd playing Devils Advocate for Joe Blow super casual player (example ONLY):
You have no idea how bad this system would be in a 20 year old established game. This game survives because of housing and people not wanting to lose their pixel crack. I know people who have not played in 10 years... but still pay their account for housing and the contents inside. How many accounts do you want to lose? If it was a new game like shroud, then yes it could work. Implementing it now would be the death of uo.
Haha I meant "houses!" That is too funny!
That isn't me! All 14 of my accounts haven't missed a monthly subscription payment since the beginning!
sorry but things like this support cheaters the stuppers etc. To be able to afford a place in malas players will buy their gold.
), but you can't create a REAL gold sink when you charge $ for 99% of your vanity items. Current gold sink items include city titles, tithing, taxidermy kits, mage armor conversion, Kotlan holo activation items, HS ships/dyes, fish pie spices, new castles/keep and the upcoming caddellite infused harvesting tools...I can't think of any others that are valid anymore. 
Yes people like you.
Sorry but you are wrong here.
If they do this a rich man stayed rich and a poor man gets poorer than before - super logical with nothing result sorry
Ummm... yeah.... That's kinda the point. You can't just take away gold from the people that have it. That would be unfair, people would cry, maybe even quit. If they destroy 50% of gold across the board, the value of gold doubles. The rich man and the poor man both have essentially the same amount that they did before.
. What bothers me nowadays not only about this game but also in life extremely that there is no "healthy mediocrity" anymore. It is either always too much or too little > too much gold and too many wishes but also too few items and too little time. There will always be good and evil - Angels and Demons . . Everyone is responsible for their own actions - here everyone should ask themselves to what extent they themselves have contributed to this enormous gold deposit. Do millions always have to be the same for something - can't it just be "thousands or hundreds"?