Farming Tools

[Laremere]

A large amount of my post is restating what has been stated elsewhere, but I'd like to get it into one place, add a few of my own suggestions, and mind force it.

Hoe - Aids in the harvesting of crops that grow underground, such as carrots, onions, and hopefully some time potatoes. Also increases the speed of planting.

Shovel - Increases the speed of digging dirt, clay, and sand.

Scythe - Aids in the harvesting of crops that are harvested by chopping them down, such as flax and wheat.

Metal Axe - Because the world doesn't cut all its trees down with stone axes. (even though I have to agree, the stone axe is the shit)

Pitch Fork - While equipped it automatically picks up straw or flax left sitting on the ground that you walk over. Has an inventory of 16 spaces. Right clicking a container while the pitch fork has something in its inventory will fill the container with what the pitch fork picked up. Rick clicking the ground or de-equipping the pitch fork will cause it to drop what it contains on the ground. Alternatively, collected straw and flax goes into your inventory.

Seed Bag - This has been talked to death, but I offer yet another possibility: Has an internal inventory of 16 (for 4x4 farm plots, which seem the most popular.) Right clicking it will open a new inventory window similar to opening a basket. Taking the seed bag and right clicking the ground causes all the seeds to be planted in accordance to where they are in the inventory. Also, some way of sorting quality besides by hand would be really, really nice.

[sabinati]

that's not what hoes are for

edit: really all i want is shift-right click planting. all these extra tools aren't worth the trouble imho. except the shovel. should be the equivalent of a pickaxe when chipping rock.

[Laremere]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoe_(tool)

A Hoe is an agricultural tool used to

• agitate the surface of the soil around plants, to remove weeds
• pile soil around the base of plants (hilling);
• create narrow furrows (drills) and shallow trenches for planting seeds and bulbs;
• generally dig and move soil (e.g. harvesting potatoes), and chop weeds, roots and crop residues.

[sabinati]

yeah i read the wikipedia before i posted that. seems like it would aid more in hand plowing.

edit: which is why i said most of these tools seem unnecessary. seed bags would be nice, but not really that important. just harvest 8 tiles, shift click the lower q seeds into a straw basket at the end of the row, and go plant your 8 hq seeds. what kills me is not being able to plant them quickly, like with a landscaping tool or shift+rightclick functionality.

[sabinati]

actually it would be nice if a metal, 1 handed axe could either chop more blocks from a log or stump, or simply remove stumps a little faster or with less stamina drain. most people will still use the stone axe though, because it's easier/cheaper to get one of high quality.

[XkrikX]

and cause its the shit

[Havoclivekiller]

A Shovel would be nice. Will it be implemented?

[Chakravanti]

hopefully, it's obvious. And we have shift click planting and scythes already! Go Laramere & sabinati. You must teach me your mind forcing tricks. I want autosorting =P

[Laremere]

To be fair, I knew the scythe was coming because it was posted previously that it was already drawn.


Fyi, it's Laremere. Sorry, but so many people make that mistake and it bugs me so much.