by Sevenless » Sun Sep 16, 2012 4:32 pm
Honestly I barely use any fertilizer and depend on the S/C bonus almost entirely for my plenty crop wise. I run 8 fields for each crop purity/type that I have. At 100 S/C, I'm seeing an average of +200 plenty across those 8 fields. It's pretty random, you'll get a string of 0's and then +100, or a bunch of +30s. But ultimately random always evens out if you have enough fields.
What that means though is I'm getting 10 fields worth of harvest for the work of 8 fields. It's not just a nice little bonus, it's crucial to farming to your full efficiency. But if you're a hermit with small crop demands it's just not that necessary that you have it. Once you're out of other things to do though, might as well work on it.
As for fishing: It's not required with cheap lures, but if you want to catch the best fish you need it to make the iron lures last longer.
It's been neat to see the evolution of a game. Salem has come so far, and still has far to go. Although frustrating, I think it's been an experience worth the effort.