[What was the point of the water change?]

I think still allowing the character to harvest the bodies of water 'somehow' - would at least be a comfortable middle ground.  Maybe water pumps you can put on the water blocks?

 

That's the same system (workstation collecting water) At least then, it wouldn't seem like the water is mostly just useless data on the map.  I mean you can of course drink it with your hands but that's about all it is good for now. The lakes of water on the map don't have much utility beyond scooping and drinking it dirty with your hands.  

 

The dew collector could be an easier item to build and start with - but slower. Then water pump would be more of an end game item. 

 

Still not perfect - I'd just rather have the water jars and dip them in the pools of water like the most basic of human concepts, but I'd be less disappointed if it at  least tiered out the water collection in different ways through workstations like pumps to take advantage of actual bodies of water just sitting there. 

 

Either way, I can live with the change as it is. Don't like it at all - but it's not a game-breaker. 

[Alpha 21 Dev Diary]

Congrats on the stable, TFP & crew. Been having fun with the EXP. 👍

[What was the point of the water change?]

I don't understand how this does anything for the 'survival' part of needing water. There are magical vending machines every 200-300 meters that have plenty of fluids. You can drink straight out of the water source and there's many ways to prevent, treat any sickness. I haven't needed or used a dew collector, myself. It's definitely not good for immersion to be near a lake and not be able to dip a glass bottle in it to collect the water, or not capable of melting snow. It doesn't feel like you're 'surviving' when you can just pop in some dukes in a vending machine and get anything you want to drink. 

 

I'm not a fan of the way the water is, but I can live with it. It's definitely a downgrade to me though. It feels backwards. It feels even less like survival when you can't even do the most basic thing of bending down into a water source and collect it. 

 

In my perception, making it take way longer to create glass jars and making them more rare could have slowed things down enough. I'm not even slowed down by water at all as it is now - there's still water everywhere. 

[A16 - Medieval Mod (SDX)]

Haven't been following much of the going's on around here lately - just noticed this. I have to say - wow...this looks very impressive guys. Nice work to all involved.