Leather unbalance

[Rav3n]

Am I the only one that thinks that leather makes this game incredibly easy to make money? I have tons of the stuff from hunting and I can always make up my losses when the bulk trader comes.

[The Pijama Bruh]

What are you doing with the leather to get that profits from it? ._.

PD: I´m noob, explain it like if I were re tar ded pls :D

[Rav3n]

Nothing, it just sits in my warehouse. Occasionally a crafter will come along and make a pair of pants or two, but apart from that I don't really use a lot. My last trader visit had me selling about 3000 units of leather.

[Bunyan]

I agree, OP. Over time I get a huge room nearly full of leather, and I just keep crafting clothing and eventually focus on dusters. This way my peeps always have better and better clothing (as skill levels climb) and fresh clothing that is always above 50%. When the traders come, I sell off all the lower quality or low Hp clothing.

I *do* tend to raise animals that also provide leather/wool, so that makes a difference. If the leather was just from hunting, I don't think I'd have nearly as much as I do.

[Rav3n]

All mins is from hunting and a few Alpacas. I got shed loads of the stuff.

[Dire]

Originally posted by John the Terrible:

Am I the only one that thinks that leather makes this game incredibly easy to make money? I have tons of the stuff from hunting and I can always make up my losses when the bulk trader comes.

This is why I play extreme desert.

[Astasia]

Just collecting and selling leather is one of the slowest ways to make decent money in this game. It might seem like a lot if you aren't doing anything else, but it's not. Farming extra crops and making extra meals to sell, or farming cotton to craft into clothing to sell, or farming the various drugs, all much more profitable and easily expandable industries.

You have to remember that up until the last 2-3 updates, the vast majority of resources were not renewable. The game was balanced around constantly buying steel and plasteel from traders because you had a very small amount on the map and no way to generate more other than smelting down raider drops and taking apart mechs. Earning large amounts of money to trade with has for a very long time been the backbone of colony success.

[PixelConglamorate]

Meanwhile I can't even figure out how to get my colonists to lug the skins out of the butchery..ouch

[Rav3n]

Originally posted by PixelConglamorate:

Meanwhile I can't even figure out how to get my colonists to lug the skins out of the butchery..ouch

I have all my colonists set to hauling 1. When you first do it it takes a while to sort things out and not much else gets done. After a while it calms down. Now my colony is nice and junk free. Works like a charm.

[Sad Cat]

Turn all that leather into parkas. You get even more money that way.

[AnEnticingSquid]

Originally posted by Astasia:

You have to remember that up until the last 2-3 updates, the vast majority of resources were not renewable. The game was balanced around constantly buying steel and plasteel from traders because you had a very small amount on the map and no way to generate more other than smelting down raider drops and taking apart mechs. Earning large amounts of money to trade with has for a very long time been the backbone of colony success.

That sounds like a much better game! Wish they wouldnt have changed that...

[Oval85]

Originally posted by John the Terrible:

Originally posted by PixelConglamorate:

Meanwhile I can't even figure out how to get my colonists to lug the skins out of the butchery..ouch

I have all my colonists set to hauling 1. When you first do it it takes a while to sort things out and not much else gets done. After a while it calms down. Now my colony is nice and junk free. Works like a charm.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=761421485
Answer to all of your troubles... Greatest mod of them all I would say.

[Swirler]

Could use some of that leather to make sofas and animal beds.