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There should be a way to seal sink holes. Honestly once Rock lobsters see the surface these things reproduce in the most broken ways imaginable

 

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After I read this I got an idea. Why not have an item made by 3-4 planks+more stuff that works just like a wall but you put it on the sinkhole?

This would make the Rock lobsters unable to get up to the surface.

The only problem is what happends if the player is inside the cave. Would the Rock lobsters still be able to get out?

The item is made by using 1 hammer, 3-4 planks and a stingers that works as nails.

To remove it the player must use a hammer or an axe.

Good or bad idea?

Please tell me :)

 

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I approve :-)

 

How can you approve your own idea? -.O

 

More seriously, yeah why not ? We should be able to hammer it down or burn it.

 

It should also prevent bats from coming out at dusk/night. As for the Rocklobsters, they don't (correct me if I'm wrong) come out of the sink holes on their own: you have to bring them out when they are following you. Only once they are already out do they start reproducing and become a plague. I don't see how the planks would work on them, unless their behavior is changed and they are able to come out on their own (which is probably not what you really want to see considering this idea is meant to seal the caves).

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How can you approve your own idea? -.O

 

More seriously, yeah why not ? We should be able to hammer it down or burn it.

 

It should also prevent bats from coming out at dusk/night. As for the Rocklobsters, they don't (correct me if I'm wrong) come out of the sink holes on their own: you have to bring them out when they are following you. Only once they are already out do they start reproducing and become a plague. I don't see how the planks would work on them, unless their behavior is changed and they are able to come out on their own (which is probably not what you really want to see considering this idea is meant to seal the caves).

I'm approving his addition to my idea :)

Sort of approve yours too. My idea is to seal sink holes permanently until you decide to remove the "seal"

I personally was thinking of a larger trap that you use to place directly over a sink hole which has a small number of uses that literally kills anything that tried to get up to the surface. Sort of like a Lure Plant in the way you have to get there before all the loot vanishes.

5 x Silk

10 x Straw

4 x logs

10 uses.

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Why not simply program the lobsters to not become said plague? Just have them respawn in their biome if killed off instead of the incessant breeding. Or just set a population limit. 

 

Not sure why a solution to Rock Lobster heaven has to be so creative when we can swipe it with Ockham's razor.

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Why not simply program the lobsters to not become said plague? Just have them respawn in their biome if killed off instead of the incessant breeding. Or just set a population limit. 

 

Not sure why a solution to Rock Lobster heaven has to be so creative when we can swipe it with Ockham's razor.

Well, I think Maxwell said something about them being banished to the caves. I guess that was the reason?

 

Also, I completely agree with this idea.

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Well, I think Maxwell said something about them being banished to the caves. I guess that was the reason?

 

Also, I completely agree with this idea.

 

I almost wonder if their breeding habits were intended by the devs as yet another of the myriad ways to bone yourself.

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I think overpopulation was intended. Could be wrong, though xP

 

I would also love to hear from a developer regarding rock lobsters. Are they really supposed to reproduce like mad, or was that a bug?

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Its been reported all ready and I havent seen a reply or a fix.  I guess it was intended but the fact that it will eventually crash your game seems a weird thing to intend.

 

I mean I presonally dont touch the caves untill I have a ton of gunpowder so I can wipe almost of the Gatharim hordes out.

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(J20Hawkz said this)

 

After I read this I got an idea. Why not have an item made by 3-4 planks+more stuff that works just like a wall but you put it on the sinkhole?

This would make the Rock lobsters unable to get up to the surface.

The only problem is what happends if the player is inside the cave. Would the Rock lobsters still be able to get out?

The item is made by using 1 hammer, 3-4 planks and a stingers that works as nails.

To remove it the player must use a hammer or an axe.

Good or bad idea?

Please tell me :-)

 

 

Nice idea.

 

It would make more sense if it was just made with boards and rope.  You don't need stingers for nails on any other structures/items.  It should be under the structures tab and I like the idea of it being removed with the hammer and flammable (like any other structures).

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