Double Wardrobe - why bother?

[JeanDeaux]

Usually crafting has some perk to upgrading size, but I'm noticing some upgrades just aren't worth it. Take the Double Wardrobe, takes up the same amount of space as two single Wardrobe's, has the same amount of storage space as two single Wardrobe's, and has the same material costs as two single Wardrobe's.

I would think there'd be "some" advantage to building a double vs a single. Maybe a couple of extra storage slots or a couple less materials to create?

[FuturistDreamer]

Yeah, I'm not seeing much reason for any storage other than "Stockpile" and "Freezer". Maybe if it was like "Shelves increase longevity of non food items" and "Stockpiles reduce longevity of all items, except construction materials", but until that gets changed, it's all stockpiles and freezers for me.

[spacedog]

Originally posted by FuturistDreamer:

Yeah, I'm not seeing much reason for any storage other than "Stockpile" and "Freezer".

Shelving has anywhere from 11% to 50% more storage space per tile, depending on how many shelves you can put in a row:

2 tiles of stockpiles have room for 8 stacks of items.
2 tiles of continuous shelving have room for 9 stacks of items.

10 tiles of stockpiles have room for 40 stacks of items.
10 tiles of continuous shelving have room for 57 stacks of items.

Basically if you have 2 or more tiles of space, shelving always wins. (Unless you need to store construction materials, of course.)

[spacedog]

Also, there is one (extremely slight) advantage to a double wardrobe: Two survivors can access it at once.

If you had two single wardrobes side-by-side, then it's possible two survivors might want the same item at the same time (e.g. they were both ordered to equip laser pistols), and one survivor would block the other. If you have two single wardrobes, and both are allowed to store laser pistols, the game will tend to put all of them in one of the wardrobes first until it's full.

That said, I'm guessing the real reason is just aesthetics. They'll probably add double beds later too.