Cooking water to increase quality.

[g1real]

The water in cauldrons could be cooked over time and increase it's quality.

Either that, or via ovens or something?

[HulkingUnicorn]

Would make the most sense to boil water in cauldrons and then let it cool off, I suppose.
Not a bad idea, as it would kill organisms in the water and increase the overall quality.
Maybe some good minerals in the water would evaporate though, I'm no expert in this.

[Delamore]

Maybe things that add so little to the game should just be ignored, because other than "hurr realism" I don't see this changing a damn.

[Potjeh]

Ever tried making coffee with water that was boiled, cooled, and then boiled again? It sucks.

[sabinati]

you actually used to be able to do that, although you didn't actually need to boil it, just putting the water in the cauldron averaged it with the cauldron quality. doesn't work anymore, obviously.

maybe they could make it so it was less exploitable by making it a bonus % based on fuel quality or something? i don't know. i really would like to see some changes to water quality, though, especially regarding wells, i.e. wells should have a quality bonus when compared to gettting water out of a lake or river and the ability to somehow purify water.

[sabinati]

Ever tried making coffee with water that was boiled, cooled, and then boiled again? It sucks.

was it open to air as it cooled, or in a sealed container?

[Potjeh]

In a standard electric kettle.

[sabinati]

how about charcoal filtration to improve water q... lol

[Coriander]

Boiling concentrates the minerals already in the water. If you are into home brewing, water quality affects the type of beers you can make, probably wine too.
Does water quality not matter when cooking with a cauldron? I figured it did, along with the fuel but I have not tested it.

[Peter]

There are a few things that really bother me about the current quality system... For one thing, while it makes sense that chunks of lumber cut with a poor stone axe are also poor enough to decrease the quality of, say, clogs made with them, if you take these rough-hewn chunks and then burn them to make coal, it shouldn't really matter if you chewed the chunks out with your teeth- the coal's going to be pretty much constant in quality. Some general species of wood might make better or worse coal, but the quality of the chunks just doesn't matter.

I understand that there's sound technical and gameplay reasons for doing it this way, but it still annoys me.

It's the same deal with water; while yes, there's good reasons from the technical perspective, how exactly can you have water that's ten times better than normal, particularly without processing it? You can't get better than pure water, really. And if it's not pure, there's only a few ppm of contaminants before the water is practically deadly with disease.

And how a few salmonella organisms can actually make your leather turn out worse I don't know.

So, Let me be clear here- I realize that it's not likely to change, and that there's probably no way to fairly fix this without redoing the entire thing, but it still just bugs me.