Posted July 2, 2016 (edited) Hey so factional fight recently made a mention of herb gardens. So I'm making a suggestion for them to be added! I'm a botanist myself and dye maker and its literally a pain to get some materials to make dyes. Wouldn't it be cool to be able to plant woad and maybe give us a red flower and add some other things also? I would like if this had a level requirement also so it favor's high level botanists and gardening skill, so we have somthing to show for our work. Maybe skilled base for planting certain herbs and flowers woad being slightly high also red. Also consider adding a green flower and a black flower please? With the new client shader coming soon I think this would be a favorable addition to the game, who doesn't like dye? Also to make these planters and gardens could use pottery and carpentry or fine carp respectfully. This could be a huge update for the game if done right. Edited July 2, 2016 by Niki 11 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 2, 2016 completely agree with the ability to plant in pots and boxes. make it require watering and maybe fresh dirt. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 2, 2016 Alot of the lesser skills feel completely useless, with no purpose other than having a skill for menial actions that would otherwise be skill-less. It'd be nice if alot of these had content added to give them a real use, and something like this would definitely do that. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 2, 2016 As someone who is just starting to play around with the dye skill this would be a great help. I would also like to see a form of hanging decoration / basket for those first-floor balconies that look so beautiful in Norway / Sweden during the summer months. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 2, 2016 Oh is that not common everywhere? (the nordic balconies) Huge +1 for beeing able to grow the herbs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 2, 2016 +1 iff it is linked to gardening and not farming 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 2, 2016 3 hours ago, Etherdrifter said: +1 iff it is linked to gardening and not farming agreed it should be gardening. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 2, 2016 +1 to being able to harvest flowers for use in the making of dyes, as some flowers are cultivated in the making of such and it was mentioned in another thread about being able to have herb gardens, so much easier for cooking and medicinal if you had a garden with readied to be harvested. Could make them seasonal. Season of Silence would have a chance to terminate a crop of herbs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 6, 2016 (edited) My thoughts on how I'd implement this: Grown in flowerpots, marble planters, and similar containers, possibly even flowerbeds. Also potentially new items, such as flower boxes. Can be placed and grown anywhere. If restrictions are needed indoors, maybe have it check for an adjacent window/arch or open roof. Tending and growth stages similar to farming, but with different tools instead of a rake (watering, maybe trimming with scissors). No "weed" stage. If we want to keep herb and flower plants indefinitely as decorative plants, we shouldn't have to continuously harvest them like we do with crops. Just have it get to mature/ripe stage, then stay there until we harvest, at which point it goes down to a younger stage or needs replanting (what makes sense depends on the plant, really). QL and yield similar to farming, but perhaps not quite as much yield since they don't require dedicated tiles. Uses gardening instead of farming skill. Apply all this to grass-grown flowers, as well, so that they can be used for their current purposes but also grown in pots like herbs as per this suggestion. Would be a great use for gardening skill, and it would certainly make sense to be able to cultivate these plants instead of just relying on botanize/forage. Edited July 6, 2016 by Ostentatio 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 6, 2016 (edited) Always up for this when it comes up! When flower pots and boxes were added, I had hoped herbs too along with my gardening skills... ah well Edited July 6, 2016 by Karrde Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 6, 2016 Edited my post above to contain a couple more implementation suggestions. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites