wolf1000wolf wrote:The reason why farming becomes such a chore is due to the sheer AMOUNT of it that needs to be done.
22 milking cows = at least 4 feeding troughs to stay fed for a day or two
A 20*58 beet field and a 26*68 carrot field are currently needed to feed this many cows without having to worry about them starting to starve.
So 1160 tiles for beetroots and 1768 tiles reserved for carrots
That's a lot of space to need in itself
That's 3 beets and 1 beetroot leaf / 3 carrots per tile harvested.
That is 1160 beetroot leaves, 3480 beets and fucking
5304 carrots
8784 individual units of food.
Sounds suuper fun
And that's not mentioning the like, 4 hours needed to harvest, replant and trough it all
The whole lot of trough material amounts to
8784 individual clicks that are required by the player to get their harvest into the trough. But that's just the troughing process alone.
This number of clicks doesn't include the replanting process, the time needed to pick up the items from the floor, clicks to drink water between harvests, etc.
Now, 8784 units of food. A food trough holds 2000 units.
4.4 troughs of food in the end of it all.
But do not fear you eager farmers, you. (!)
In just 2 days time, you get to do it all over again!
Why the fuck wouldn't people want to bot that process?
It's just insanely tedious to keep cows alive, and even if you're not doing cheese, keeping cows for their backpack storage can add up to a lot of time required to just keep them fed