Snowshoes should make walking on snow faster

[chaotic lizard]

My reasoning is simple:

• Walking on snow already makes you a bit slower in the vanilla game (unless I'm crazy but pretty sure it does) 
• Snowshoes exist in the game, one of several craftable options to keep your feet warm
• Snowshoes do not make you walk faster on snow
• Snowshoes should cancel out the effect of snow on walk speed. Maybe also increase hunger rate just a tad

[LadyWYT]

8 hours ago, chaotic lizard said:

Walking on snow already makes you a bit slower in the vanilla game (unless I'm crazy but pretty sure it does) 

Snow, once it gets deeper, slows you down in the game because you're trudging through it rather than walking on top of it. 

 

8 hours ago, chaotic lizard said:

Snowshoes exist in the game, one of several craftable options to keep your feet warm

In reality, snowshoes themselves don't keep your feet warm. They're just a device that you can attach to your shoes to make walking on top of the snow possible.

 

8 hours ago, chaotic lizard said:

Snowshoes should cancel out the effect of snow on walk speed. Maybe also increase hunger rate just a tad

I would say that they should rather decrease your movement speed on things that aren't covered in snow, instead of increasing your hunger rate. The cold already increases hunger rate, and snowshoes aren't something you want to wear outside of snowy environments since they are a little awkward to wear. The movement penalty pushes players to change their footwear as needed(or detach the snowshoes, if that's an option), rather than just keep the snowshoes on.

Edited 22 hours ago by LadyWYT
Forgot words

[chaotic lizard]

3 hours ago, LadyWYT said:

In reality, snowshoes themselves don't keep your feet warm. They're just a device that you can attach to your shoes to make walking on top of the snow possible.

True. In-game they look more like snowshoes attached to a pair of boots as one item. Unsure if they should keep it that way for simplicity or make snowshoes something you can attach to the shoes you're wearing. I also just realized there is a mod that adds more realistic snowshoes but I think something like it should be vanilla.

3 hours ago, LadyWYT said:

I would say that they should rather decrease your movement speed on things that aren't covered in snow, instead of increasing your hunger rate.

I like this idea too, better than my hunger rate idea yeah. I want them to feel like actual snowshoes instead of just boots and this would achieve that. 

[Hanril]

Honestly yeah, since there is something that clearly looks like a snowshoe and there is plenty of winter clothing, I would like to see that. Speed numbers are for later consideration, but maybe a thing to include in clothing customisation. Can't remember if it was in the works already, or just mentioned with the armor rework.

Edited 20 hours ago by Hanril