Quote Originally Posted by dem1urge View Post
Why should finding cones with seeds be so much more difficult? IRL I can walk out into Lake Tahoe and find cones with seeds very easily.
If you talk about RL, tree seeds need a stratification process, (there are lot's of variations of stratification needs depending on the type of seed) they need 90-120 days of freezing weather and/or 90-100 days of warm weather before they will even sprout roots and that's if they don't rot in the ground first.

Also, pine cones don't even drop seeds unless they get really hot first from a forest fire.

Finding seeds imo should be a little harder and I agree with tom - it should be more like how you find flint and obsidian and make seeds actually worth something.