Town Well

[hoffmann]

The Game is getting better and better. I just have one suggestion every TOWN needs a Well or a Fountain were Travelers can drink from. Also my pigs are producing to much Manure.

Thanks

[Soylent_Greene]

Hoffman,
If you have a flourishing agriculture then you won't have too much manure
Couldn't you have one of your barn worker turning it into fertilizer?

[geekyoldiva]

Regarding the village well, I really would like to see that implemented. It would mean you could build your village away from the lakes and streams. In the hills perhaps? You would only need the lakes for reeds/straw and then only in the beginning as once you grow wheat you get masses of straw.

[Greyseal]

+1 on the well. It makes sense, instead of traipsing to a stream or a lake to drink like some kind of animal ;-).

[Dennis]

This. For new players mostly. I know I was so frustrated when I spent time poking into every barrel and corner trying to figure out where the villagers were getting water....as my meter dropped and dropped..... It's not a big deal to make runs to keep hydrated when in a village - It just removes some immersion.

It makes no sense (for new players), so is confusing. And it feels like you are wasting time when trying to get thru the early game having to leave a bustling village to wander into the wilderness to find water....

[Soylent_Greene]

There were other people asking for windmills and water wheels...

I suggested they implement the possible building of a MILL POND
Maybe a Royal Quest? Gather XYZ amount of resources, kill ABC number of rats, talk to everybody on the planet, and then you earn the plans for building a MILL POND and GRISTMILL plans.
The DEVS could plan ahead, certain areas set to become water covered, and you can build the MILL.

[Dennis]

Well, honestly that's a pretty big jump from just asking for a graphic of a hole in the ground (or even a barrel at the village campfire) that lets you drink from it.

And making it into a quest is the opposite of helping new players. Unless it's now the first quest ? Why introduce being able to drink in a village after players have already learned to work around it in their game?

[Soylent_Greene]

Dynnys,
I support the idea of a well/fountain in the city center completely, if only for the ascetics of the idea. A central point where people gather, maybe it should be part of city planning.
The city square, with improvements that get unlocked on the science tree... Start with the well, maybe a bell-tower, a gazebo, perhaps even market stalls. All unlocked and all adding the the villager's happiness rating>

[Hayhaka]

Originally posted by Soylent_Greene:

Dynnys,
I support the idea of a well/fountain in the city center completely, if only for the ascetics of the idea. A central point where people gather, maybe it should be part of city planning.
The city square, with improvements that get unlocked on the science tree... Start with the well, maybe a bell-tower, a gazebo, perhaps even market stalls. All unlocked and all adding the the villager's happiness rating>

I totally agree!

[zantariz]

Originally posted by Soylent_Greene:

Dynnys,
I support the idea of a well/fountain in the city center completely, if only for the ascetics of the idea. A central point where people gather, maybe it should be part of city planning.
The city square, with improvements that get unlocked on the science tree... Start with the well, maybe a bell-tower, a gazebo, perhaps even market stalls. All unlocked and all adding the the villager's happiness rating>

I do like the idea of landmarks and monuments. Notable structures.

I would love to see the option to buy a larger structure like a fort, keep, manor or even caste (eventually).

[Dennis]

Originally posted by Soylent_Greene:

Dynnys,
I support the idea of a well/fountain in the city center completely, if only for the ascetics of the idea. A central point where people gather, maybe it should be part of city planning.
The city square, with improvements that get unlocked on the science tree... Start with the well, maybe a bell-tower, a gazebo, perhaps even market stalls. All unlocked and all adding the the villager's happiness rating>

Ah gotcha. I think I misunderstood. I am looking for a static 'Drinking barrel/well' in the permanent villages. What do the villagers drink?

I've no problem with more buildable stuff in our personal village as a separate idea.

[Zillacus]

I would be happy with drinking straight from barrel or refill my water skin in it. Could even make the barrel deplete a little every time we use it and have the rain refill barrel.

[Dennis]

Originally posted by Zillacus:

I would be happy with drinking straight from barrel or refill my water skin in it. Could even make the barrel deplete a little every time we use it and have the rain refill barrel.

Yeah - I had a thought about making it an early quest to teach new players where they are at (if implemented). Fetch a barrel form a vendor, place it in assigned place by campfire and fill with water to complete. and bang - water barrels in every village now.

It's not a deal breaker. All the Villages have a water source close enough to not need a waterskin. It simply pulls you out of the immersion of the game to have to stop what you are doing and LEAVE a village to find water.....

Why make me spend 5 minutes running to drink water when I'm in a bustling village???

[davidalex]

I love it how people steered away from the original talk in this thread.
To this day the well issue hasn't been fixed.
You CANNOT drink from already placed wells in towns.

[Foxglovez]

Easy fix. Carry a bucket or at least one full waterskin and keep track of whether it's full or not.

[Philtre]

Originally posted by davidalex:

I love it how people steered away from the original talk in this thread.
To this day the well issue hasn't been fixed.
You CANNOT drink from already placed wells in towns.

You basically can't use any of the furniture or equipment in towns (aside from the specific player-enabled items in the starting town on the Oxbow map). So it's internally consistent that you can't drink from their wells.