hgbguy

i kinda wonder if it should just be made more engaging to do panning like imagine a sort of lil minigame where you have the pan infront of you and you wasd to tilt the board and if you tilt it in the right direction quickly you can get more done and later on maybe there could be a waterwheel. however that would require rivers that actually run and a whole new mechanic but something similar to the windmill and quern that takes investment. that way early on hand panning is engaging to do and later on slower but automatic panning can come when you have the resources. i think that would probably solve the issue of the braindead feeling and maybe the automation would take so long that you don't get as much hand panning and balance it out that way. i feel like at the least the tilting game would make the hand panning not such a drag like you might just do it for the enjoyment of tilting the pan at some point yknow just intrinsic fun. on the flip side i guess that doing that might make getting nothing more frustrating so maybe not. then i figured maybe it could drop more but have a different limiting factor like polluting the water so you need to wait until its cleared to pan again. i suppose with the way you can just move water that doesn't stop much. ah dammit every idea i come up with i also come up with a problem i just want panning to be more fun like maybe the default is you always at least get a stone or a flint that way you always get at least something but rarer items come less often but are a nice surprise like you might just be panning for stones for a stone wall or flint for tools and then you get a nice surprise etc different tiers of rarity like arrowheads and gold bits are rarest etc something like that clay and copper are mid rarity and stones and flint are almost always etc. anyway what do any of you guys think about these ideas.