LostRealist

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  1. This is intended, an incision must be made first, either by a tool or by a set of wolf teeth. It's explained in the latest release notes.
  2. That is well put. The very first thing that drew me to this game was the "Well here you are, there you go, you'll figure it out" situation that you start out with.
  3. I wouldn't mind looking at some less rendered stuff honestly. I want them as a gameplay tool, not really to gawk.
  4. This particular thing has happened to me plenty of times, once just recently. I'm such a garbage shot, I miss bears at near point-blank with the distress pistol consistently. And then every single time I turn around and walk away like it's a job well done, until "Wait, is he actually sti-- OH SHOOT"
  5. Well at least it keeps the wolves at bay. *BANG!* *cursing* "Ah, that guy is collecting sticks again.. woof woof"
  6. That is true. I think some basic hygiene would be an interesting angle to the survival dynamics.
  7. I actually agree, I don't eat ruined stuff either for immersion's sake - just pointing out what I find to be the most reasonable answer to "Why does it matter how good you are at cooking" when relating to parasites specifically. Logically, cooked meat is cooked meat, no matter how experienced the chef was. But the path it takes to get there may look quite different and since it spends that path being not cooked, that's when it's dangerous. Most parasites would only stay mobile and alive for so long when exposed to the air directly and their eggs would dry out quite quickly, but if an inexperienced chef puts the cooked slab on the same surface he prepared the raw meat on and then eats it from there - that'll do. Also not unlikely this would be something that's pointed out emphatically in a book like "Wilderness Kitchen", methinks. I don't know, for my headcanon it's the logical answer. Your mileage may obviously vary, that's up to you.
  8. I would pay good money for a DLC that is literally just a pair of binocs, nothing else. I'd even go to Blackrock again to get them if that's what it takes.
  9. I am kiiiiiinda trending towards this thinking as well. Granted, I don't punish myself with Interloper spawn settings, but hearing all this talk about the travois and associated maple saplings I keep thinking they didn't seem that scarce to me...
  10. Considering it's all permadeath, I'm sure that's the only really reasonable call to make. Still though, I find it very funny to imagine... very funny indeed.
  11. Which is what makes it tricky in the first place. Not placing cooked food where you had placed raw meat before would be a simple example. Not wiping your hands on your face or clothing when handling raw meat, using separate utensils for raw and cooked stuff, preparing your food in such a way that you don't splatter meat juices everywhere - kitchen hygiene goes further than the use of soap.
  12. The way I figure it works is that at a high cooking skill, you get better at hygiene. Meaning you are less likely to inadvertently transfer parasites or their eggs to places where you might ingest them directly. Realistically, this would be the major concern as far as parasites go and it makes sense that you get better at avoiding that as you get better at handling raw meat.
  13. Couldn't agree more here. I like FA and ZoC for what they're worth, but they're too cumbersome and/or dangerous to stay there long term compared to many of the "older" places.
  14. Wouldn't it just be the cheekiest stuff ever if they decided to sneak in the cougar in a random hotfix, without a big announcement? That idea came to me a few weeks ago. That's totally the kind of thing I would do if this was my game.
  15. I happened upon a similar situation with a regular hunting rifle - I had installed the DLC after starting that run and had been to CH without it before, so the rifle that would have been Barb's was just a regular one. Picked it up and it just stayed right there leaning against the wall, so I clicked it again, and again, and then checked my inventory to see I was now the proud owner of three hunting rifles. I literally could have just kept clicking it forever I think and I would have for sure been able to supply an army, and not just a small one.