Twin Skies at PAX08: Will there be crafting or housing?
Twin Skies will utilize an amazing system for both housing and crafting that is much like the old Star Wars Galaxies pre-NGE days. The housing will be unique as you'll be able to have NPC pixies to maintain your daily house maintenance. This maintenance can be anything from selling the items you've crafted through your particular trade, to reporting on who your regular visitors are. This is all accessible through the Flash-based client as well, so you can keep an eye on your progress from anywhere.
The Trade Skill system is much like traditional crafting systems where you can create items to sell to other players. An example we were given was an Artisan trade where players can build furniture or other housing decor for other players. Future content will eventually be created by players themselves, so if you've painted a real painting and submit it to a painting contest held by the developers, you would have a chance to get your work into the game as content craftable by your character. This is something the developers hope to continue doing to get people more deeply-involved in what goes into their virtual world.