Suggestion: Farming | Seeds and Crops

[Cavious]

So I was thinking today as my kids and I were planting Moonflower seeds. Wouldn't it be cool if within Xsyon you could plant different Seeds and such for growing for whatever you may need.

Seeds:

You could plant different seeds for different crops, and depending on time of the year and time it's self will determine how something grows, the yield of the growth (Harvest), and If it even grows at all. Put it into a time based environment so maybe a plant, for example, Vervain or St.Johns. Those could be grown to benefit Medicine. (In real life Vervain and St.Johns is considered a Sedative in Herbal Medicine.) So Chemists or Herbalists can take the planet and Grind it up until its a powder that can be made into a pill or tea.

You could even grow cotton to make bandages or clothing.

Crops:

You could grow these seeds in crops to help with yield and sell to others.

Nonetheless it was just my idea.

[Kyledoubleyou]

I think a farming system would be an awesome addition to the game. It would add the feel of survival for sure, plus planting food crops would give more options for cooking besides just hunting and fishing.

[aliksteel]

I think this is already in the works, But not sure how far out it will be.

That.

Or I am remembering something from another MMO.

[Kitsume]

Agriculture is one of the items listed under features. I expect this includes harvesting and planting seeds.

Though I think this is something that will be released after the initial launch, sometime during or after the Prelude phase.

[Cavious]

Yeah I saw that, but agriculture is such a wide term. Could mean many of different things such as raising mammals, fish, and other things. Like I said was just a thought.

[WillBingham]

Agriculture in the Lake Tahoe area is sort of an "iffy" thing. If you take the sheep, cattle and hay operations out of the equation all you have left is orchards, vinyards and small family gardens. Most of the crops that are grown in that area are grown from genetically engineered seeds. These seeds do not reproduce outside of the lab and if you do allow them to go to seed the resulting crop would be a small stunted growth mutation of the original. But this is a game and anything can happen.

Cavious wrote:

You could even grow cotton to make bandages or clothing.

You cannot under any cicumstances grow cotton in quantities that you would need for bandages and other things in that area. Sorry. But you have a great idea about bandages. Just change the bandages from cotton to a lambswool bandage if we can get Jordi to add sheep to the animal list. :P

[Cavious]

WillBingham wrote:

Agriculture in the Lake Tahoe area is sort of an "iffy" thing. If you take the sheep, cattle and hay operations out of the equation all you have left is orchards, vinyards and small family gardens. Most of the crops that are grown in that area are grown from genetically engineered seeds. These seeds do not reproduce outside of the lab and if you do allow them to go to seed the resulting crop would be a small stunted growth mutation of the original. But this is a game and anything can happen.

Cavious wrote:

You could even grow cotton to make bandages or clothing.

You cannot under any cicumstances grow cotton in quantities that you would need for bandages and other things in that area. Sorry. But you have a great idea about bandages. Just change the bandages from cotton to a lambswool bandage if we can get Jordi to add sheep to the animal list. :P

Good point, I forget that one crop of cotton has a very small output. Wool would be the better choice.

[Virtus]

WillBingham wrote:

Agriculture in the Lake Tahoe area is sort of an "iffy" thing. If you take the sheep, cattle and hay operations out of the equation all you have left is orchards, vinyards and small family gardens. Most of the crops that are grown in that area are grown from genetically engineered seeds. These seeds do not reproduce outside of the lab and if you do allow them to go to seed the resulting crop would be a small stunted growth mutation of the original. But this is a game and anything can happen.

Cavious wrote:

You could even grow cotton to make bandages or clothing.

You cannot under any cicumstances grow cotton in quantities that you would need for bandages and other things in that area. Sorry. But you have a great idea about bandages. Just change the bandages from cotton to a lambswool bandage if we can get Jordi to add sheep to the animal list. :P

that's why its a game

[Drono]

Virtus wrote:

WillBingham wrote:

Agriculture in the Lake Tahoe area is sort of an "iffy" thing. If you take the sheep, cattle and hay operations out of the equation all you have left is orchards, vinyards and small family gardens. Most of the crops that are grown in that area are grown from genetically engineered seeds. These seeds do not reproduce outside of the lab and if you do allow them to go to seed the resulting crop would be a small stunted growth mutation of the original. But this is a game and anything can happen.

Cavious wrote:

You could even grow cotton to make bandages or clothing.

You cannot under any cicumstances grow cotton in quantities that you would need for bandages and other things in that area. Sorry. But you have a great idea about bandages. Just change the bandages from cotton to a lambswool bandage if we can get Jordi to add sheep to the animal list. :P

that's why its a game

I agree with Virtus, it's a game, and who knows what kind of super cotton may show up because of the fallout from the wars that destroyed the world....

I hope theres a way to replant grass/trees on "terraformed" land... otherwise the world will very quickly start looking very "Beige" (my name for the color of the sandcastles that everyone has built)

[Xx1327]

Drono wrote:

Virtus wrote:

WillBingham wrote:

Agriculture in the Lake Tahoe area is sort of an "iffy" thing. If you take the sheep, cattle and hay operations out of the equation all you have left is orchards, vinyards and small family gardens. Most of the crops that are grown in that area are grown from genetically engineered seeds. These seeds do not reproduce outside of the lab and if you do allow them to go to seed the resulting crop would be a small stunted growth mutation of the original. But this is a game and anything can happen.

Cavious wrote:

You could even grow cotton to make bandages or clothing.

You cannot under any cicumstances grow cotton in quantities that you would need for bandages and other things in that area. Sorry. But you have a great idea about bandages. Just change the bandages from cotton to a lambswool bandage if we can get Jordi to add sheep to the animal list. :P

that's why its a game

I agree with Virtus, it's a game, and who knows what kind of super cotton may show up because of the fallout from the wars that destroyed the world....

I hope theres a way to replant grass/trees on "terraformed" land... otherwise the world will very quickly start looking very "Beige" (my name for the color of the sandcastles that everyone has built)

and on that note i think a great feature would be erosion. for terraformed land it should slowly(very slowly probably) form back into its original shape from the weather, and in high elevations wind. this way replanting/planting trees and grass will become more needed.

this could also lead to attack techniques like burning :evil: