Horse Drawn Plows

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Horse Drawn Plows

Postby MachineLegend » Thu Nov 23, 2023 5:42 pm

We've got wooden and metal plows, but I propose a horse (or other livestock) drawn plow made of metal that would allow you to save on stamina while you plow land. This would be useful for plowing large fields, and is historically accurate as well. It could cost a bit more than a metal plow and act much like a covered wagon once you tether it to your animal with rope.
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Re: Horse Drawn Plows

Postby Reiber » Fri Nov 24, 2023 1:06 am

allthough i support your notion of even better plows, i think this would be an nightmare to steer, if they would controll like wagons at least,
and only really make sence for massive fields ,
and if i am doing an massive field, like an 200X200 i am either the only farmer in an 40 man village, try to purposefully crash the market for high q strawdolls, or are an farming bot,

and all of the above would still only need to plow theire field once per world, as they stay plowed indefenitely if bordered by 2 tiles of paving.
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Re: Horse Drawn Plows

Postby MachineLegend » Fri Nov 24, 2023 7:48 am

I appreciate your perspective. Not a faction player, just a relatively dedicated larper with friends, so I don't know the best ways to go about things/how huge farms are managed. I just got the idea while plowing a relatively small field for a better plow. I can imagine something like this would be useful for large factions paving forest land as well as farming. At least, I would be willing to spend a few more resources on a better plow even if it's just for getting through the initial plowing. I agree totally that controls could be an issue if piloted like a wagon. Maybe to offset the imprecise nature of the controls, the plow could plow a bigger area at once, like a 3x1 line orthagonal to the path of travel.
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