Is there any point in upgrading from stone pipes to metal ones?

[DiabolusUrsus]

Out of pure curiosity, what are the differences, if any? Do they do a better job at irrigating? Is the difference entirely because they're more resilient in PVP environments? Is it just a visual upgrade?

From what I can tell, it's not as though a boosted irrigation range for a tap would be all THAT useful considering the substantial difference in crafting costs. That metal and cementing paste can most likely be better-spent elsewhere.

[Syncronocity]

Stone pipes = Breaks every time a dino walks over or someone sneezes too hard.

Metal Pipes = Will outlast your walls probably.

[Funtimes Bro]

metal pipes are for pvp server, stone pipe are for everywhere else and noobs on pvp server

[DiabolusUrsus]

Ah. Do friendly dinos break your pipes, or only wild ones? My farms are all behind my walls.

[Arsenic_Touch]

If you ever had a wild bronto or trike or stego tail swipe near your pipes and blow them to smithereens or had some ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ come along and use as a metal hatchet on your pipes, you'll appreciate the metal ones a lot more.

[DiabolusUrsus]

Okay, so dinos don't smash them simply by walking over them, they break them when they attack. I also don't really need to worry about other players coming to wreck my stuff; I play 99.99% single-player.

[tom_gore]

Metal water tank also has a 500 water capacity over the stone tank's 200 capacity.

[Arsenic_Touch]

Thankfully, no. But wild dinosaurs engaging you or other wild dinosaurs will destroy stone pipes.

[raymazoida]

Want to see the duribility of metal pipes?

Take a stroll along the north beach on offical server 28 (prob on plenty others but this is one of the ones I know)

You'll see quite a few raided husks of bases, with full intact or mostly intact irrigation systems.

[DiabolusUrsus]

Awesome, good to know. Are they a bit less butt-ugly than stone pipes?

Is the placement any different?

[Pokke]

the water is under the ground no need to make a whole systm spanning from the sea or a lake just find a spot where water is close to the surface and put your intake there in the ground close if your lucky its right by your base

[Okim]

Living in the mountains far away from any possible place for intake with just 3 water tanks for personal water use (80% go for cooking/making dyes) and with a large garden under the fresh air with no irrigation system at all. Water is not a problem as it rains way too often in the game.