Archaaz

Personally I think PZ already does a pretty good job.  Not that there isn't room for improvement.
 
1. As with all games there needs to be a balance between realism and good gameplay.  For example, I too have an axe that I have  owned for decades.  While it has lasted a long time, I can also say it can only chop through so many trees before it needs to be sharpened or it becomes so dull it is practically useless.  Durability in PZ, or any game is an abstraction that can take these elements into account.  A completely dull axe can be akin to being practically "broken".  In that vein I don't have an issue with the current durability system.  We already have where hammers and saws, for example, don't lose any durability when used to build.
 
2. While I almost always use stabilizers in my gas cans, I have on occasion forgotten.  I have had unstabilized  gas sit for 6 months+ and still worked.  Not great in some cases but it worked.  Given how rare gas seems to be so far in PZ, I think it is ok if it doesn't go bad.  But you could add a mechanic where it is less effective the older it gets. Realism vs gameplay.
 
3. Farming right now is too easy.  By the same token I don't think making growing be "realistic" timewise would make for fun gameplay.  Personally I just think overall yields should be lowered.It is too easy to grow crazy amounts of food. It would also be interesting if farming seasons were made more realistic, IE making it hard if not impossible to grow through the winter.

Indeed, that is why I posted it. The incidents of it freezing over are few, and it would not be consistent, realistically (if we are going for realism), for it to do so repeatedly. Perhaps sporadically, over a period of decades, or longer, but that hardly seems worth coding..... Smaller streams and such, perhaps, but I have not been playing long and am not aware of any.   

Indeed, that is why I posted it. The incidents of it freezing over are few, and it would not be consistent, realistically (if we are going for realism), for it to do so repeatedly. Perhaps sporadically, over a period of decades, or longer, but that hardly seems worth coding..... Smaller streams and such, perhaps, but I have not been playing long and am not aware of any.   

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For me the best solution would be like this:
Your taking a 5 min real time sleep (for 1h day time).
Screen goes black, you cant move your character but you can chat and check skill and character tab.
Other players or loud noise can wake you up before 5 min time.
Why like this ? 5 mib imo is not that long, finding a match in dota 2 takes about 5 min and most players are ok with that.
Black screen keeps the need of finding safe place to sleep. During that time you can chat, alt-tab grab a tea or punch a dolphin in face.
Time would just run at normal server speed, but im ok with that.

Wasn't expecting to hear folk music in this thread