Devs, Please improve wool production

[i_got_blisters]

Collecting wool is awful right now. I have 16+ adult yaks, went afk for 45 minutes and collected only 62 wool. We all know animals are a buggy mess right now and I trust the devs are working on improving this. I just hope they are improving wool productions because right now it sucks all the balls.

[frakthefriendly]

Hair only grows so fast. I loot them once a day and get 8 wool a yak.

[PakaNoHida]

I got so much wool I want to make quilts for my bed.

[frakthefriendly]

Billy: I never seen so much wool. You could knit a sweater.

[catch22atplay]

Yup i don't get it. I have 2 Yaks and that's sufficient for me as well.

[Urban Blackbear]

The problem the OP is actually having i that individual animal production stops at a certain amount until the beasts inventory is cleared. They went away for 45 minutes, The limit was reached in about 5-10.

[LudwigVH]

Originally posted by Urban Blackbear:

The problem the OP is actually having i that individual animal production stops at a certain amount until the beasts inventory is cleared. They went away for 45 minutes, The limit was reached in about 5-10.

The OP didn't wait for the full growth period per yak, at 16 plus yaks at 4 wool a yak they should of gotten 64 plus wool. User problem, not game problem. Further there's not much need for wool after you get your armor, so they really don't need 16 plus yaks if they are playing solo.

[alejandro_magno]

hell yeah, i play it 2 friends and i need to made wool for 3 + the flame upgrade is absurd all the week playing and only have 2 armor sets

[Die Hand Gottes]

I have wool without end and some armor sets that need wool.

[griffonwing]

I have 1 yak, and get 8 wool several times a day.

[Nerevar]

i hope this is some kind of sarcastic post by the tc. like. this cannot be taken seriously. at all.

[Correalian]

Originally posted by frakthefriendly:

Billy: I never seen so much wool. You could knit a sweater.

[Faceplant]

I don't think this is the OPs problem, but there is (IMO) a problem with wool production that most of you are either unaware of or ignoring.

I've never made anything except the heavy armor, but the heavy armor (at least) requires ALOT of wool. It takes ALOT of linen as well, but you likely already have the production in place at that point. You can also more easily multiply linen production.

I don't know or remember what it takes to get the yak recipes, but it is right around the time you get steel and want to make armor, but getting wool a very drawn out process at that point, and it's difficult at best to explore the cold regions before you make mountain armor.

That was bad enough previously, but at least you could beat a few lox to death pretty easily and get a couple of wool. Now they made speedy McLox, which makes it much more difficult to gather wool that way, and likely not worth it.

It feels to me like the time period in Valheim when you get a seed from the next biome and spend RL hours piddling around, waiting for it to multiply so you can get the better food.

[Rhouna]

Yes, the speed at which the yaks (lox? lol) have been fleeing recently is exaggerated, and I hope it's an oversight that will be corrected.

Personally, I'd find it more plausible if the yaks would flee if you got too close to them outside of taming (without having set bait), but fight back if you attack them.

As for the quest for the wool, it's perfectly doable before you've made the cold protection armour.
I also think you have enough to explore and do in the non-frosty areas of the Summits until you have enough for the new armour(s), and short trips there are also doable without.

As you only make the armour once per player, the amount of materials required, including wool and linen, is not too much for me. One should still work for things - my opinion.


What I think could be improved is the limitation on the amount of wool or milk that farm animals can produce at once.
It's not that there should be more items per se, but that the animals should be able to 'store' a lot more, so that the player is not constantly forced to return to the base to collect them.
In my opinion, this goes against the concept of a game where exploration is one of the main pillars of the entertainment value.


Have fun!

[Faceplant]

Originally posted by Rhouna:

One should still work for things - my opinion.

I agree 100%, but it should be proportional. When somethings stands out as seeming overly burdensome from other aspects of the game, then it should be pointed out, and I believe this is one of those cases.

[Rhouna]

Originally posted by Faceplant:

Originally posted by Rhouna:

One should still work for things - my opinion.

I agree 100%, but it should be proportional. When somethings stands out as seeming overly burdensome from other aspects of the game, then it should be pointed out, and I believe this is one of those cases.

Hey, sure. I wouldn't question that in any way. The game is in EA after all. At the end of the day, all we can do is express our opinions and hope for the best. :-)

Have fun!