Server Suggestion Add Water Levels to Basic Planters

[flux]

Suggestion Title: Add Water Levels to Basic Planters
Suggestion Description: Adding low, medium and high water levels to basic planters

Why should this be added?:
Since the removal of the advanced planters, which had water level toggles depending on your patience, I suggest adding back the water levels to basic planters.

This would give players with the highest/lowest patience levels some peace of mind knowing they can sacrifice yield for a faster/slower grow time.

If advanced planters plan to be added back with skins, this suggestion is pretty pointless but for the time being it would make basic planters way more versatile.

What negatives could this have?:
N/A

What problem would this suggestion solve?: Not necessarily a problem, but a familiar feature to all players.

 

[DemonZ]

there will be upgrades to the planters and such so i doubt they will add water level to these

 

[flux]

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there will be upgrades to the planters and such so i doubt they will add water level to these

advanced planters had a similar thing before, if basic planters are the new advanced i think water levels should be a standard feature tbh

 

[Exnem]

I think it was made fairly clear that planters are being tweaked right now, and modifying them to use water in the middle of all these changes being made behind the scenes would unnecessarily complicate the process. In addition to this, the basic planters were meant as an entry step for new players, to give them a platform to learn the very basics of how drug growing works without the responsibility of watering plants.

I'm aware that the advanced planter has had changes made within the last year or so to make constant refilling less of a headache, but the advanced planter can be confusing to start with. You need a bunch of attachments, then consumable pots (when confiscated), then water level configuration before finally getting to the planting part. It's just a ton of extra steps that pollute the learning process.

As it stands, leaving an entry level planter for the new population is a good idea especially with its current complexity, which is to say that it has basically none. The thing that incentivizes you to learn the advanced one is the improved income, and that's something you can do at your own pace. Forcing it on you first thing is not fun, and from what I've come to learn, a lot of people hate reading long-winded guides on help.perpheads.com on how things work. They just want to play the game right from the start, and want things to be intuitive on the way.

I think this suggestion was made out of a desire for the growing system to be more in-depth, from a recently opened gap in the place where a planter performed that job somewhat adequately. Whether it was necessary to disable the advanced planter right now before the update is ready is a different debate, but I believe that different changes are coming that'll sate this desire.

 

[Goblin]

If water levels got added to planters, it would help tons, when raiding and planters need 20% more to be ready it would be faster to put it on high and harvest and leave instead if waiting inside their property 5 minutes+, It would be a good change if it gets added