naed21
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4 years ago Statues would be good idea for copper. We can make stones statues of animals, so how about a copper statue for players? A copper bell could be set to ring at X time of day in game or irl.
Give the iron wall candle a gold alternative. Could make stained glass that has gold connecting the glass pieces.
Even if the uses are small, it'll let people who are lucky to find them early in the game have a use for them to improve their housing score.
Copper and Gold are very important resources during the early game (for say, metallurgy research, as well as making mint, bank, etc.) and during the late game for electronics and such. However, during the mid-game they are rather useless.
Sure, you can make copper pipes, but they are just more expensive iron pipes. You can craft heat sinks, but they are only used in radiators later. In general, unless you have someone that has Electronics, you don't really need them, which sucks for people that have found some nice veins and want to cash them in.
It would be nice if there were some more uses for them earlier on. Maybe being able to smelt them into some decor items, or adding a heat sink to the steam generator and truck, etc. Something to let you want to mine for those ores a bit earlier and be able to utilise the excess as you find it...