Talk:Machete/@comment-26411013-20151209092559/@comment-106.69.178.90-20151210062321

If you think about it flint isnt as renewable as grass. Once all sources are gone it can be very difficult to obtain more, Hence why i thought they included golden varaints of tools when you run out of flint. Also not to mentioning that you can relocate grass to anywhere you want. Flint may seem plentiful at the start but once you run out, you'll start to realize that there plentiful for a reason. You also have to consider that having an item that has mutliple uses can also be a bad thing. It means its going to run out alot quicker than a specailized tool. If you find your self using a machete alot to gather bamboo and vines and then you decide to use it for combat and vice versa you'll find yourself with a machette with a very low durabitly percent constantly. You'll end up going through your whole flint stockpile really quick. If you instead only use a spear for combat you at least save yourself one flint in the process.

If you think about it this way, you'd only want to use a machette in desperate situations when you find your self without a combat weapon. You'll probably also be glad that you have a gold mechete available when you find yourself without flint very far into the game.