Q - Should items unlock before you can make the ingredients?
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 1:54 am
Just that. I noted a little while back that some odd things were showing up like meat pies appearing before you can make flour. Several players commented that they thought it was on purpose as a way for beginners to be more helpful to a village. Jorb however seems to have agreed that it wasn't intentional by commenting that some of the recipes would be fixed.
So, lets discuss the matter. What do you think?
I'm against recipes unlocking before you can make the ingredients. I do not feel you should have to be able to make the building/object required to aid in the craft. I feel that it makes for a disorienting and broken hermit lifestyle where you get all these recipes but can't make any of the ingredients required by them until you get later skills.
Rope: I have no issue with rope unlocking before pulleys and levers because you can still create the base input (hay)
Meat Pies: These used to unlock with simple cooking. You could not make them however because you were lacking both the ability to make pie dough and the ability to make baking tables. I don't think Meat Pies should unlock before the ability to make one of their primary ingredients, rested pie dough, regardless of whether or not you can make a baking table.
So, lets discuss the matter. What do you think?
I'm against recipes unlocking before you can make the ingredients. I do not feel you should have to be able to make the building/object required to aid in the craft. I feel that it makes for a disorienting and broken hermit lifestyle where you get all these recipes but can't make any of the ingredients required by them until you get later skills.
Rope: I have no issue with rope unlocking before pulleys and levers because you can still create the base input (hay)
Meat Pies: These used to unlock with simple cooking. You could not make them however because you were lacking both the ability to make pie dough and the ability to make baking tables. I don't think Meat Pies should unlock before the ability to make one of their primary ingredients, rested pie dough, regardless of whether or not you can make a baking table.