Usage for paper items and fire starting

[weixing]

Hi,

     New to the game...  After playing for a while, I realise that beside as a Tinder, there seem to be no other usage for birch bark, Cat Tail Head, Newsprint, and Newsprint Roll. So, when you are at level 3 of fire starting skill, all those items become useless as you don't need them... may be those items can also use as fuel instead of just been tinder or when you at fire starting level 3, using a tinder will increase the chance of fire starting... this will make those items more useful.

    Also, outdoor fire starting should be more difficult than starting a fire in stove & etc.

    Happy New Year!!

 

[mystifeid]

I think this topic has been around the block once or twice before but if you want to help the old grey mare walk again, try reading a few of the older threads - it might help you come up with a really great idea.

The main usefulness of tinder at the moment seems to be how it weighs you down without you knowing about it.

Be thankful that these days you can choose not to take the head when you harvest a cat tail.

[cekivi]

Welcome to the forums @weixing

I too would like more uses for tinder. Like @mystifeid said, it's been a frequent request since fire starting became a skill  

[hozz1235]

I know what I use those newspapers for!  

[mystifeid]

Yeah I can just see it:

Dig hole -> take dump -> wipe bum -> error: you have run out of newspaper. Deerskin pants decay rate quadrupled. -> fill in hole. Six scent bars added. All animals now flee at great range.