by Chakravanti » Fri Dec 25, 2009 4:34 pm
Actualyl I didn't need to post them myself. Warri did it first. I simply agree with him.
Look. You don't get a wooden alternative for every tool that requires metal. Cauldrons got clay alternatives simply because so many damn basic things need to use a cauldron. Althrough I personally feel they fucked up implementation that's another matter I'll be posting about later.
The difference is that you don't NEED a shovel to procure resources at a decent rate. It's already the way shit is currently done. The gap between plowing tools (and the lack thereof) is major compared any possible acceleration in digging. Theres just no room for it on the speed table. Wooden shovels are a practical tool a primitive people might develop. It is in fact, quite themeatic and realistic. But that just doesn't matter.
Now then, lets say they make the hand procuring of resources a LOT slower and harder and stam draining...probably on par with hand plowing. Then make a wooden shovel equivilent to hand digging. Then Metal plows are rapidly accelerated. That I'd buy.
But making wooden shovels procure resources faster than the current rates is just rediculous. As Potjeh said, They're extremely cumbersome.
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