[Suggestion] Backpack variation for food preservation
I really like the addition of the backpack for increased storage, carry weight and ore weight. I was thinking it would be cool to see other variations with different benefits.
Specifically, I thought an interesting idea would be to have a "lunchbox/cooler" type item that you equip like a backpack. It could allow you to lengthen the spoil timers of items in your inventory like a portable icebox. I'm not sure how difficult it would be to implement but the spoil timers could be lengthened if you have ice in your inventory. You could add a couple other buffs suited to a gatherer or explorer playstyle like increased stamina regen or inventory capacity. I think movement speed might make it too useful outside of its intended niche.
This idea came to me because if you eat something like Fruit Salad, the length of the buff is longer than the spoil timer of that item, so you're guaranteed to have one spoil in your inventory unless you refresh the buff early and waste a portion of its length.
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26 May, '22
MorningateI absolutely agree. Even with buffs to slow food spoilage, the longer-duration food buffs last longer than the foods, themselves. You end up wasting resources.
I recommend providing two options:
1) A craft-able backpack variant that provides the same food preservation strength as an icebox.
2) A "survival backpack" workshop item with a buff that slows food spoilage equal to a refrigerator.
I'm sure the survival backpack could also give additional benefits, like exposure/temperature resistances. -
04 Oct, '23
LooterSimilar feature could be an "attachment" to a backpack which allows increase spoil time of an amount of food items. There can be an attachment which can carry only 1 food, another attachment can be for 2 or 3 food items. This could help prospectors with the agriculture missions where you have to carry a lot of food over the course of the map. When you encounter surprises along the way, like storms or lots of animals, you lose signficant time which causes food items to go bad. With such a backpack attachment, you would have higher chance of success if you invest in it.