Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-29577004-20180211184515

Have you ever just mass produced corn, for the sole purpose of no reason whatsoever, and you're left with absurdly high amounts of corn stalk, only having nowhere to store it or make use of it? I propose the addition of a new use for these stalks, other than simply making stocks of paper (no pun intended), and that would be to dry them and use them as you would use reeds.

Reed farming is not only insanely slow, but also relatively difficult. Reeds are also not something that a ordinary player would spend time on gathering, running through swamp and marsh-like biomes solely to gather a few stacks of reeds, spending ages doing so. Why not just add an alternative use for corn stalks?

I understand that reeds are most certainly not the same thing as corn stalks, the stalks being much thicker and tougher, while reeds are more delicate and malleable. Though this does not mean a "thinning" process couldn't be done, perhaps by using shears on the stalk, slicing them thinner and dropping a new item; sliced corn stalk, which could then be further dried and used to make the ordinary dried reeds.

Adding this would yes, be quite uncanon and unrealistic, though at the same time would bring quite an amazing and practical usage for corn stalk! 