Destruction bug

[DeepSixed]

I recently attempted to destroy a stump... sword was equiped... and destruction was in increments of 6%... even though I had shovel in journeyman tool-belt.

If I manually swapped sword for shovel, destruction jumped to 10% increments.

I know for creations and such tools are automatically pulled appropriate to task; shouldn't destruction work the same way if the right tool is available?

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I was chopping blocks the other day and my halberd equipped instead of my metal axe, so yeah, noticed this too

[NeiroShop]

Weapons arent meant to go to toolbelts afaik. Just dig before you destroy a stump.

[jcwilk]

Weapons arent meant to go to toolbelts afaik. Just dig before you destroy a stump.

Yeah, this is the easiest way to workaround, but IIRC it doesn't matter what tool you have, the server just doesn't register that a shovel is optimal for destroying even though anything works for it... Unlike when butchering it does know that a knife is optimal for butchering despite any tool sufficing.

So yeah, definitely agree it's a bug, or "wrong behavior" (depends how you define bug), although a rather benign one.

[JohnCarver]

When calculating 'damage' done to something we do not automatically force the equip of the most logical 'tool' for the job. I do have hopes to implement additional 'destruction' weapons/items etc. and when we do I think we will follow the trend that it is on the user to equip the smartest thing for the demolish at hand.