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I'd like to start making my Tatooine stronghold more like a home but i am overwhelmed. I imagine i'd want a bedroom type area, a place to show off trophy, and a functional area with Legacy Storage, Mail, etc.

 

Any advice? Pics or links to give examples? Vendors to check who sell cool stronghold stuff? Crafting advice? Ideas or examples of what people have done with the massive spaces I have in my stronghold?

 

Thanks creative people - I have no idea how to make this place look cool :)

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My advice:

 

For the first room, start with the most compelling reason to go into your stronghold, and put that stuff closest to the zone-in point so that you're in and out as fast as possible if you just need to swoop in and get something, rather than traipse however far into your stronghold to get things.

 

For me, that's amenities: cargo bay, legacy bay, guild bank, appearance mod station, item mod station, the jawa peddlers, and mailbox, GTN, and a felusa.

 

Once you get that out of the way, THEN worry about theme and other decos for the remainder of your stronghold.

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I'd like to start making my Tatooine stronghold more like a home but i am overwhelmed. I imagine i'd want a bedroom type area, a place to show off trophy, and a functional area with Legacy Storage, Mail, etc.

Tatooine is my main stronghold. My general layout is:

- the central round area near where you first zone in is mostly my "equipment area". It has all the things like Cargo Bay, Legacy Storage, GTN terminal, etc, plus some seating.

- the balcony is basically a party/entertaining area.

- the two rooms off the balcony are bedrooms/livingrooms - one Republic themed, one Imperial.

- the hanger bay has my Smuggler's starship in it plus a lot of Utility>Crafting decos.

- the rest is divided into various areas like a med bay, garden, science labs, market, camp, etc.

 

It's publicly listed on Star Forge (as Qua'ker) if you want to visit.

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I've actually turned my Tatooine into a resort, so it's less about making a home and more about making a vacationget away, lol. However, in my more frequently used strongholds I try to set them up for ease of access. Like others have said, put your storage, and fools close to where you spawn in. I tend to start with that and work my way out. I find that the places can fill up more quickly than you expect.
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Mine is being done a a light Jedi theme as it is for my Jedi Consular/Shadow. I have one room where we have a small cantina, then an enclosed dining room ( I used the balcony but use the stone walls to enclose it), a council rooom, a teaching room, lightsaber crafting room, a bunk room for the jedi padawans, etc.

 

What I would suggest is go visit some to get some ideas. A lot are open so you can visit.

 

 

Mine is on starforge (still a work in progress) Look for C'asi's Temple of Light.

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I'm currently torn between making it a full-fledged resort (soo many beautiful trees available now to make it nice-looking) or going back to my Hutt-themed stronghold (links in my signature).

 

Generally, as others already mentioned, I would put the functional area near your starting point. You can make themed rooms to make it look "logical", e.g. a shower room, a dormitory, a bar, a cantina, etc. Adding personnel makes your stronghold much more lively. If you lack personnel decos, place your companions.

 

I suggest as inspiration you take a look at the Tatooine strongholds on TOR Decorating ( https://tord.mmo-fashion.com/customized-tatooine-homestead/ ) and check out the stronghold forums ( http://www.swtor.com/community/forumdisplay.php?f=422 ).

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I don't care for decorating,cose hello..static object...shocked nobody riled up over that after all these years lol

 

and also credit limit suck...

 

But when I'm really really REALLY bored...I do decorate .

 

I don't buy the new stronghold...for the reasons above.....so I have your coruscant and Dromun kaas stronghold..oh and Yavin 4 ? But only the basic room lol aint gonna pay to unlock more rooms .

 

I made a throne room in my dromun kaas after seeing the Lousy one given by BW at the end of Kotet .

 

I also have a casual dining area, with the rain beating on the window . Make it look sinister and perfect for them meeting around a drink...along with some zapping lol

 

I have a garage, with all my speeder (Though I aint a speeder collecter, so dont have much ) .

 

The only part where I had lot of fun, where the stairs on each side on DK stronghold ? they are littered with them dead Troopers as trophee as you go up !

 

On Coruscant stronghold..I really don't like it much .The view suck, the sound suck.....

 

So far , I only turned one room in sort of a classroom . Will have some kind of medbay and a trooper thing going , if I can bother.......so muh .

 

But yeah, as I understand it . You can pretty much make anything . This isnt a SIM game where you need to make a bathroom or your sims will pee on the floor lol You can make an Intelligence thing...and what not.

 

Though I do think YAVIN 4 is perfect for recreting a temple of Korriban..it has all the vibes......with acolyte and sith lord.....:D

 

Ok..went in the game and took some pic! maybe they can inspire someone lol though I do not claim to be a great decorator! lol

 

Entrance : This is the best thing! cose no more having to suffer the Fleet lag and idiots!

 

https://imgur.com/6rGpCfr

 

The Dining Room (I guess?) : and yes there is a dead tree in middle of the room! plz, it get watered now and then, with DS polluted water lol I though it add 'Embiance'' lol

 

https://imgur.com/ZxwtfGH

 

https://imgur.com/Gqy56Me

 

The Halleyway : just me..or them soldier don't look scared enough ? Note to self: Discipline them later!

 

https://imgur.com/xQb47rv

 

The Stairs : (Ahh BW , you shoved onto me them stupid Robots, and LOOK NOW! I GET THE LAST LAUGH! Mandatory : Muahahahahaha )

 

https://imgur.com/YpdmBrj

 

https://imgur.com/fbWdpM9

 

https://imgur.com/QsoChnG

 

The Garage : Thats how speeder keep working, what ? you though it was Magick? This aint Harry Potter!

 

https://imgur.com/wN7F9AX

 

https://imgur.com/qQKIP0C

 

https://imgur.com/R8brJqG

 

https://imgur.com/AjRsVdh

 

Some kind of sleeping&Storage room (Couldn't decide what to do with them bed)

 

https://imgur.com/oxclLzz

 

https://imgur.com/02WCs9K

 

Ahhh My Throne Room! (Still cant sit on the Throne T.T)

 

https://imgur.com/tFOkavO

 

https://imgur.com/cXlSKQR

 

https://imgur.com/aXJkeqs

 

https://imgur.com/tR3kmcj

 

This room is a circle room that lead to 3 other smaller rooms :

 

https://imgur.com/MrVf7QR

 

https://imgur.com/SAbSvqF

 

https://imgur.com/Kcv6Fhk

 

https://imgur.com/mcwSXm2

 

This is one of the 3 rooms on the 1st floor and is where Vilains gather around for my Last Takeoverthaworld Scheme!

 

https://imgur.com/izWjrqs

 

https://imgur.com/eYEfSx2

 

https://imgur.com/TgLE8un

 

One other room only has this....potentiel to make it a torture room where Machines goes to dieeeee! Muahahahaha

 

https://imgur.com/wWBKK4P

 

CORUSCANT!

 

Study, class....with no student yet..sorry.....we should never have broadcasted that Saresh was coming to make a speech about TOGETHERNESS! Damn that women! Lol

 

https://imgur.com/VsULrQz

 

https://imgur.com/IVlengz

 

https://imgur.com/qPToDHw

 

Medbay: Healing with Jedi Goodness!

 

https://imgur.com/glQTTVg

 

Halleway:

 

https://imgur.com/sbEk7uH

 

https://imgur.com/OszV0k9

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I'd like to start making my Tatooine stronghold more like a home but i am overwhelmed. I imagine i'd want a bedroom type area, a place to show off trophy, and a functional area with Legacy Storage, Mail, etc.

 

Any advice? Pics or links to give examples? Vendors to check who sell cool stronghold stuff? Crafting advice? Ideas or examples of what people have done with the massive spaces I have in my stronghold?

 

Thanks creative people - I have no idea how to make this place look cool :)

 

 

My advice would be to start with your main area upstairs with the balcony, flanked by the two smaller rooms. The great room where the elevator comes up to, is a great show room for trophies as well as a nice interior gathering area, where you could easily dedicate a corner for practical considerations such as your banks, mail, gtn etc.

 

Either of the smaller rooms off the balcony would make ideal bedrooms, or you could have one as a bedroom and the second as an office or headquarters with all your tech etc. The room that the elevator descends to, makes a nice dining kitchen area. You can easily make apartments for three different toons with the areas available on Tatooine.

 

I would save the other areas like the tunnel, the garage and the quarters down below and beyond after you have a good grip on your balcony area.

 

Below are some screenies of my Tattooine SH. I hope they inspire you. Have fun! Another great place for inspiration is TorDecorating https://tord.mmo-fashion.com/

 

https://imgur.com/na5Nh10

 

https://imgur.com/8e0JfSO

 

https://imgur.com/7HF3ue4

 

https://imgur.com/wGwRALB

 

https://imgur.com/hyVSvze

 

https://imgur.com/ygujVu7

 

https://imgur.com/ALKjntm

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Less is more. With the conquest bonus changing to unlocked rooms versus filled hooks you can now do more interesting tasteful things instead of filling it up to the point of clutter.

 

So glad they have more personnel now cause they make desolate places come more alive.

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Less is more. With the conquest bonus changing to unlocked rooms versus filled hooks you can now do more interesting tasteful things instead of filling it up to the point of clutter.

 

So glad they have more personnel now cause they make desolate places come more alive.

 

That..is true .

 

Once this guy wanted to show me how the flagship..was it ? It wasn't a stronghold for sure, so I think it was the flagship. He said it was owned by his guild. And Man......it was like a cluttered BAZAAR! Lol Its like they just bough all the decoration avaible and just shoved them randomly around XD

 

I told him to hold a garage sale....cose I couldn't find the exit after getting in :D

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Oh and since its Tattoine (You guys are nuts, Tattoine has 2 sun! you gonna become Lobster under that heat!) lol

 

1- a resort (many go for it, me ? No beach..screw the desert) .

 

2- You can make it a Jawa heaven XD scavenging and what not .

 

3- If you played I think it was in Kotor 2, Tattoine was also a hunting zone back then . You can populate it with a cantina like setting and use the space for hunting Lodge .

 

4- Swoop Bikes wouldve been good alas, there is none of that . (but you can place your speeder in a way that make it look like, there is racing going)

 

5- You can turn it in a resort for Noble or something . With fountain..cose Alderanian are wimps lol

 

7- You can make it a secret hideout for Zerka Corp!!!

 

8- Make it an exchange Stronghold, everyone know vilain don't sweat! lol

 

just some ideas ;)

 

@To everyone who is a Pro at Stronghold Buziness: Noticed everyone shared info about where to get inspiration. But what about crafting vs Buying them from GTN ??

 

I brough my deco from GTN . I also know some are drops , from killing stuff but I couldn't tell you where they drop or from whom .

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@To everyone who is a Pro at Stronghold Buziness: Noticed everyone shared info about where to get inspiration. But what about crafting vs Buying them from GTN ??

 

I brough my deco from GTN . I also know some are drops , from killing stuff but I couldn't tell you where they drop or from whom .

 

Some drop at flashpoints/operations and I think the only decos that drop from normal mobs in the game world are the dark and light datacrons. I suggest taking a look at the decos by source on TOR decorating. A lot of stuff has been added lately that can be obtained easily via reputation vendors:

https://tord.mmo-fashion.com/decorations-by-source/

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That would depend upon the size of the suns and the distance Tatooine is from them. :)

 

Both the Jawa and the Sand peoples are covered. What do you think ? THEY AREEE REEEEED LOBSTER UNDERNEATH! lolol

 

(hummmm Jawa Lobster......*droole*)

 

Still it's a desert, and desert are HOT and Cold (at night) . Earth has only one Sun and the inexperienced can die in our desert . Now imagine 2 Suns on Tattoine!

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Both the Jawa and the Sand peoples are covered. What do you think ? THEY AREEE REEEEED LOBSTER UNDERNEATH! lolol

 

(hummmm Jawa Lobster......*droole*)

 

Still it's a desert, and desert are HOT and Cold (at night) . Earth has only one Sun and the inexperienced can die in our desert . Now imagine 2 Suns on Tattoine!

 

And that is why on my balcony it is enclosed and used for a dining room for the padawans and teachers at my temple of light. In addition in the first large area outside I have also put up water falls and an covered sitting area in the garden.

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Sith Acolytes need to be prepared for the harsh life that awaits them on their way to power. :csw_vader:

So of course my Academy is on Tatooine, in the end it doesn't matter if they curse the hot sand of Korriban or Tatooine, if they survive they'll be stronger for it!

 

As for inspiration, a lot of people do list their stronghold publicly, just take a look at some of them via the terminals at the fleet. I found some really cool ideas there, like combining decorations. Slicing nodes+ table > table with a computer terminal on it. The hook system is restrictive at times but it's awesome what creativity still can do there.

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Still it's a desert, and desert are HOT and Cold (at night) . Earth has only one Sun and the inexperienced can die in our desert . Now imagine 2 Suns on Tattoine!

You know, technically speaking, the Antarctic is a desert. Deserts are defined by the amount of rainfall, not the temperature.

Also, to be viable, Tatooine must lie in the "goldilocks" zone of it's star system.

And, to reiterate - the "heat" on Tatooine would still depend upon the size and distance of the suns, and the relative latitude of the Star Wars locations. The two suns of Tatooine could be relatively small, and/or relatively far away. The people could be living in a relatively northern zone that's not that hot, but just arid.

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My Tatooine stronghold on the Satele Shan server is "Drifter's Marketplace Cantina".

I've tried to make it a bit like one of the "Mos" cities -- Mos Eisley, Mos Ila, etc.

 

The main upstairs entry point is about what everyone has recommended --

Cargo bay, legacy storage, guild storage, GTN kiosk, item modification station, and several vendors.

It comes out looking like a marketplace.

 

The balcony, of course, is a large social area with a music band, slot machines, dejarik tables, and such.

 

The two side rooms --

One is the medical bay, so I have medical vendors and the appearance modification station.

The other has all the disguise terminals, so people can change their appearance for roleplay.

 

After that, it's about what you'd expect --

A seedy cantina with dancers, a small cult shrine (semi-Rakata), a machine room (computers, workshop), a hydroponics room (plants), a barracks (mostly Mandos), a trophy room, and a food/restaurant area.

 

Only three things make it interesting --

1) My jawas are selling goods; an organized set of all crafting resource decorations. Very useful!

2) I change the huge item on the exterior landing pad halfway often, as it suits my mood.

3) The Rakata warriors are engaged in combat at the Sarlac pit. Best Deco Ever.

 

 

Catch Savaja (Empire) on Satele Shan. I'd love to tour your stronghold and I might have some spare decos for you!

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Don't buy on the GTN. Such a behaviour only makes the prices there rise even more.

 

Rather look out for Reputation Vendors and craft your own stuff. If you buy on the cartel market, rather keep things for your self, because the bigger boys on the market will easily buy yoiur stuff and resell it for a much bigger sum.

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If you check the GTN, you'll find some good deals on decorations priced at 250k and less.

There are plenty of good decorations there for 50k to 100k.

No need to avoid the GTN entirely, just be a choosy shopper and check it out as early in the day as possible.

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If you check the GTN, you'll find some good deals on decorations priced at 250k and less.

There are plenty of good decorations there for 50k to 100k.

No need to avoid the GTN entirely, just be a choosy shopper and check it out as early in the day as possible.

 

This. I have found good deals for decorations (and I am on Star Forge, where prices run higher)

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