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(Suggestion) Tents - single usage like sleeping bags
As we all know, sometime one must wander and explore and since we have sleeping begs and houses, there seems to be no real reason why we shouldn’t use a tent for a night shelter.

A tent makes absolut sense in survival – be it IRL or ingame.
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curio Jun 12, 2015 @ 3:55am 
Sleeping bags aren't single use if you're saying that, they can be picked up again.
The Quiet Cab Jun 12, 2015 @ 4:06am 
Originally posted by curio:
Sleeping bags aren't single use if you're saying that, they can be picked up again.

Yes imagine you can build a tent, get in, have a shelter for the night and the next morning you pick it up and move further. I like this idea.
Spion Jun 12, 2015 @ 4:10am 
Originally posted by curio:
Sleeping bags aren't single use if you're saying that, they can be picked up again.
Well, they are still kinda single use, since you can only spawn on them once, and then you have to make a new one.

The tent idea seems quite cool, but I dont know to what extend it should be implemented, because if it serves the same purpose as a sleeping bag, I do not see a reason for them, but it could be a tribe wide single use item or something like that.
Field_Sweeper Jun 12, 2015 @ 4:14am 
spion i like that idea, maybe one user per person on that tent, or entire tribe can use it but only one person, so first one to die uses it up. that would be cool for the odd death of a small or large tribe where one may die,he can be back quick.

since its tribe based i say a tribe needs to gather the resources so it should be heavy, and cost alot of stuff. cus one person carry it while others carry his stuff or blah blah. amnd cost cus it takes 5 seconds to build a full wood house alone so it needs to be massively expensive so that only 4 people in 10 mins can make one.
The Quiet Cab Jun 12, 2015 @ 4:16am 
Originally posted by Spion:
Originally posted by curio:
Sleeping bags aren't single use if you're saying that, they can be picked up again.
Well, they are still kinda single use, since you can only spawn on them once, and then you have to make a new one.

The tent idea seems quite cool, but I dont know to what extend it should be implemented, because if it serves the same purpose as a sleeping bag, I do not see a reason for them, but it could be a tribe wide single use item or something like that.

The sleeping bags purpose is to respawn, the tents purpose is shelter against cold, weather and small creatures, like a house but only one piece and you can pick it up and use it again.
In my opinion tents belong to survival, either real life or gaming. If anyone thinks about survival, a tent comes to his mind.

Spion Jun 12, 2015 @ 4:34am 
Well, in the thread title you say "single usage like sleeping bags", but now you talk about picking it up again..

But if you actually want a tent to work like you now say you want, I would totally back that idea.

Could maybe even have several tiers of tents, like a thatch tent, which you cannot pick up again, because yeah, would be too easy in the beginning. And then a hide tent which you can pick up and reuse.

So my suggestion would be something like:

Thatch Tent
  • 30 Thatch
  • 4-5 Wood
  • 10 Fiber

  • Single Use Tent - Gets destroyed after ½ a day cycle

Hide Tent
  • 25 Hide
  • 4-5 Wood
  • 20 Fiber

  • Reuseable Tent - Has durability, but can be repaired
The Quiet Cab Jun 12, 2015 @ 4:44am 
Cool @spion, that was what I was thinking about, but couldn't find the right words.
curio Jun 12, 2015 @ 4:46am 
Originally posted by Spion:
Originally posted by curio:
Sleeping bags aren't single use if you're saying that, they can be picked up again.
Well, they are still kinda single use, since you can only spawn on them once, and then you have to make a new one.

OK, didn't know that. Thanks!
.:Miyox:. Jun 12, 2015 @ 4:46am 
How about a Wood/ Hide tent?
Pizzashot Jun 12, 2015 @ 4:46am 
Or you could just build yourself a little house over the night. You do not need much materials to build the simpliest of houses.
Last edited by Pizzashot; Jun 12, 2015 @ 4:48am
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Date Posted: Jun 12, 2015 @ 3:40am
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