Tent would be nice

[Peter2525]

A tent would be nice 8-) survival in the woods with a tent and campfire greaaat.

[toebar]

Hmmmm.. what sort of tent, and why do you think it would be helpful? There's already quite a few building and other places that offer better shelter..

[MrMuffinsJr]

@toebar

Ya there's a lot of shelter, but what if you're starving, freezing and exhausted? You can't eat in the cold or you risk dying. I would rather spend that 30m risking setting up a survival tent and gather some warmth and at and then finally rest it off. They already provide you with a bed roll, so why not?

This is a great idea!

[toebar]

I don't see a tent providing warmth on it's own. Especially a tent that is light enough to carry around with you all the time. Sure it will contain some of your own body heat and offer some wind protection, but not a great help if you're already freezing.

You're better off just starting a fire. Also, the condition loss from starving is very small-- shelter is more important.

[Boston123]

All a tent would do is get you out of the wind. Useful, even life-saving perhaps, but if you are already freezing, there are "more effective" things you can do.

Oh, and with most "modern" tents, you can't build a fire in or near them. So, you would be out of the wind, but you won't be getting any heat. A "Baker Tent" can have a fire built inside of it, but they can't really be carried by one person (http://www.trackofthewolf.com/Categorie ... AN-TO-08-F)

In reality, the first thing you should look for in a survival situation is shelter, then immediately after, fire. The two kind of "go together". With 99% of tents, the "fire" requirement is unable to be satisfied. I would rather hug up close to a big ol' rock (to get out of the wind), build a fire away from it, the build a shelter from tree limbs, as opposed to setting up a tent.

[octavian]

The villain in me wants a tent to be added, but only if single-wall, just so players can experience at least in a video game, if implemented as it should, the ridiculous amount of condensation. Sleep for eight hours in a tent like that and everything is literally dripping or frozen or both. Fun! And hey, clothes can get wet and frozen, that's in the game.

[AmericanSteel]

This is the reason why my gear set is a woobie (ponch liner), a body bag, a tarp and a mosquito net. I dont bring out the sleeping bags until it gets under 40. I then have a standard service issue (down to zero) and extreme cold weather sleeping bag (-60, I think).

The kicker for most is the body bag. They are impervious to water. One of them and a sleeping bag, you will be soaking in sweat. I have slept outside, on the hood of a hummer in my sleeping bag + woobie + body bag combo and was toasty warm during blizzard like conditions. I think the body bag, and the tarp, are the most under used and under appreciated tools in a woodsman's kit. The real one-two punch though is they are cheap and light weight. They both offer methods to keep the survivor off the ground and out of the elements.

While I don't really care if the devs put out a sleeping bag, some sort of tarp or screen would be extremely handy. I don't care if the screen is made out of snow, branches, a lean-to, tarp, rocks, whatever. Some way to limit the impact of wind and/or retain heat (by reflection or absorption/release) would be fantastic.