Crafted Torch Held In Left Hand

[DanteBrane]

I think there should be a torch that is held in the left hand like the flashlight. It would free up the right hand for a melee weapon while being able to light the area around you like the lighter. Instead of hitting the cannibals with it, you could wave it around to keep them away. It could also be used to light campfires, bonfires, etc.

To the people that say to just use a weapon with cloth and alcohol as a light source, your weapon loses its fire quicker when hitting enemies so you eventually have to go to your inventory and quickly replace the cloth and alcohol. This would be a problem in combat, especially when you're in pitch black darkness and on hard mode where the game doesn't pause in inventory. So a seperate torch held in the left hand that burns longer and lights better would be useful.

You would able to throw it or drop it on the ground where it will still light up the area. Maybe it could have a fuel meter at the bottom of the screen like the chainsaw to show how long it will burn for.

[NoDubstepHere]

Like in Skyrim then? (With a bit more use of course)

[Syncourt]

It would be better, I agree.

It's a bit of a laziness issue though I think. They'd have to make a new alternate animation for lighting the torch with the lighter in your right hand. You'de also need a proper holster weapon key (which wouldn't be a bad thing in itself), so that you could holster your main hand weapon and attack with your off-hand torch.

They can't just simply place the torch model in your left hand like a new off-hand object.

[CrapAttackah]

maybe some tribes have baskets of coal in their camps, or you could make something like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzLvqCTvOQY