brianbloke

23 hours ago, ManicManiac said:

@brianbloke & @acada

Those are both creative work arounds, but don't really address what I think is the main problem... it's easier, far less dangerous, and consumes less energy to just melt and boil snow; than it would be to trek to a waterfall and risk the hazards inherent in trying to gather water from it.  Please bear in mind that waterfalls of any significant size are not gentle trickles of water; they are powerful water flows that are dumping huge quantities of water with a great amount of force.

for the sake of internal logic...

• If you were a survivor in that situation would you really want to risk getting soaked?
• Risk the possibly dying of hypothermia (or losing fingers and toes to frostbite)?
• Risk falling from the top of the waterfall (because you were trying to "get water from the top")?
• Risk losing your cooking pot because the stick broke (or otherwise didn't hold)?

or... would you just boil water from the snow that's virtually everywhere (and by comparison much safer and less work to gather)?

Depends whether you consider having to start and keep a fire going for the time needed to melt the snow and boil the water as more work rather than less.

7 hours ago, ManicManiac said:

While yes, it's reasonable to think one could get water from the waterfalls... I'd also point out that our survivor would also very likely get completely drenched in the process.

To me, that would mean that even if we could get water from them, the threat of hypothermia (due to our clothes getting soaking wet in the process) would far out weigh the benefit.  Especially considering how easy it is to just melt snow and boil the water from that.

So all things considered, I'm not really in favor of this idea.

True never thought of that 😁

Maybe there could be a slot near the bottom of the falls to leave a cooking pot  and then it fills up without you getting wet. 

Apologies if this has been previously suggested, can't find it anywhere...

How about allowing players to gather as much water as they like from waterfalls? Be an added point of realism and there aren't that many of them. Be a nice touch.

I shot a bear from the porch not long after getting to the farmhouse, and with the 6-cooking slot stove, I had this huge supply of meat and water to use as a base, so I fell in love with the farmhouse. Plus with the connections to Winding River, Coastal Highway and Timberwolf Mountain, Pleasant Valley is really central.

But yep the weather sucks

Checking one kitchen cabinet when making dinner is just not enough

Any birds in the sky has you looking for corpses

Grocery shopping is a nightmare - I'll never carry all this!

...have at it people...