Talk:Cobblestones/@comment-76.14.61.250-20141129092840

There is a reason why you should cover your base with Cobblestone:

I was playing as Woodie, and was cooking up a batch of Night Armor/Swords in my main base just after a Ruins run when it hit night. I hadn't seen the night cycle for a few days, so just my luck that it's a full moon, blam, all my crap drops on the ground. I roll my eyes and get on with being productive for a day or two. I destroy a few forests, clear out some Tier 3 Spider Dens, kill Treeguards, etc. I time my death just right to get near main base right as the last full moon night ends.

I walk back to base and there's a Lure Plant where my stuff was. I deal with the Eyeplants with a Spear I left on the edge of camp, then kill the Lure Plant. Nothing but the bulb and lure drop.

I was pissed. Especially at having lost my Walking Stick and Tam O' Shanter, since it's the height of summer. Ever since getting them, I've found doing anything without those two items cumbersome. So I have to sit around and wait for Winter, kill MacTusk dozens of times, and pray to get my stuff back.

So yeah, to hell with Lure Plants. And uncontrollable transformations that really impede late-game progress if not monitored properly. At least this wasn't as bad as late-game Hounds (revival via Meat Effigy) in Winter immediately after dying in Ruins.