Metal vs Stone Irrigation Pipes

[Acemore]

What's the advantage of making them out of metal?

[WillyEaderbox]

it rains so often pipe are not needed at all anywhere. place a small pot fertilize and thats it. it will maintain water after it rains first time.

[Acemore]

That doesn't really answer my question though :) pipes aren't necessary for farming, no, but I might want water to my base for waterskin refilling etc.

But my question remains: What is the difference between metal and stone pipes besides the cost?

[ZedClampet]

I suspect the only difference is that metal pipes are harder to break on pvp servers.

[PolecatEZ]

Stone pipes are very easy to break with metal tools and (maybe, not tested) dinos. Metal pipes are pretty much invincible to all but (expensive) explosives.

[Grim]

Not sure about the metal pipes, but I have to replace the stone pipes at our place, on a regular basis, when out T-Rex goes nuts killing other dino intruders.

[Charnel]

Well beasts wont be able to break them unlike the stone ones