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The ability to bury hatchets

I would love the ability for a person to take a patch of empty earth, and symbolically bury a hatchet in it to reflect letting go of a grudge.  It would come with a significant mood boost, and perhaps a long-lasting buff that continually provides good mood.  After all, letting go of a grudge is therapeutic!

Neat thing about this is that the next person to tend that patch of earth that hasn't buried a hatchet in it gets the buried hatchet as a bonus.  So if two people let go of a mutual grudge, bury their hatchets in the same patch of ground, and walk away, and a newbie comes by and tends that patch, he gets two free hatchets to do whatever he wants with.

This isn't meant as a staple game mechanic, but as a neat little social easter egg you can do.

Posted 21 months ago by Doc Oblongata Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • Sounds cool. Only, how many people would want to waste a perfectly good hatchet? I'd like to think that this can only be done with 2 people - it's more symbolic.
    Posted 21 months ago by KitkatCat Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Well, hatchets are only a couple hundred currants.  New ones are pretty easy to get, and making them is even possible for those with advanced tinkering skills.  Like I said, this isn't something you'd do as a staple of gameplay.  Just a neat little option you'd have for socializing with others.

    You have a good point about making this require two people.
    Posted 21 months ago by Doc Oblongata Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yes, but maybe after a long enough time, the hatchets combine together and create something? maybe you get like... a fancy pick
    Posted 21 months ago by AlphaKatana Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 to the idea, and esp. to KitkatCat's two person thought
    Posted 21 months ago by RM Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I like the 2 person requirement. Maybe the new person only gets one, and the second is consumed like a donation to a shrine (to activate the mechanism) but only yields a big mood bonus. Perhaps the size of the bonus depends on the health of the hatchet, otherwise we'll be digging up broken tools. Some sort of long term cool down might be needed so people don't do this every few hours too.
    Posted 21 months ago by Travinara Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Sounds like a great idea in the making!
    Posted 21 months ago by ~Scilly~ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • And perhaps, we can make the reward be some kind of food (Hatchet Sammich?) So that you can activate the buff when you need it?
    Posted 20 months ago by KitkatCat Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I like this just because it would be amusing to be able to bury a hatchet! I don't even care about getting anything from it, although it would be nice if the burier or another player could recover the hatchet by tending or digging the patch where it was buried. Otherwise I can see new players burying hatchets just because the option is there, and then getting frustrated that they can't get the hatchet back.
    Posted 20 months ago by Amy Pond Subscriber! | Permalink