Incense and Censers

[Kittenykat]

We all get annoyed by Midges during summer and fall, especially when they fly through our walls right into our bases. So I had an idea: Incense burners!

Crafting incense would be a simple recipe to implement, as its irl recipe is very easy: Grind up spices, mix with a little water and powdered bark from a specific tree ('makko powder'), mold into cones and let dry!
So the in-game recipe could be: 2-4 Spices + 1-2 Tough Bark + 0.10L Water

Then we'd need burners to burn them on, so a wooden incense burner could be a buildable base structure that basically looks similar to a torchstand, but a bit shorter. This would burn the incense over 24 hours and create a radius about the size of a food trough where midges are repelled, bouncing off the incense aoe and flying away again.
We could then have a higher tech metal option, Censers, which would burn the incense longer and have an AoE about twice as large as a food trough.

You could also optionally add a buff while standing within the AoE of an incense holder called 'Pleasant Scent' - Up to you guys what the buff would do. Maybe make activities within the AoE cost like 10% less stamina?

I think it'd be a nice addition, I hope you guys agree.

[noindyfikator]

Just remove Midges..

[Kittenykat]

Just remove Midges..

Well yes I'd be on board with that too lol.

Could still add the incense if they do though! Just use it for the Pleasant Scent buff :3

[DonVelD]

you could also not settle near swamps smh

[Kittenykat]

you could also not settle near swamps smh

They show up everywhere not just in swamps

[Clemins]

Midges outside of swamps aren't really a big deal tbh. So a placeable structure that detours them, on the off chance they happen to appear, just to prevent 6-10 HHP loss seems very impractical. If you could anoint yourself with a detourent or even carry something, I think that would probably be more practical.

[heeheega]

where is the remove guy?