It's not a "nerf" it's how it was meaned to be from the very beginning.
Next time when I place a new tree in the NCR, someone will scream "Nerf!" because it influences their FOV in two hexes...
I saw your post, I had to LOL really hard. Hilarious. Too bad they removed it, don't know why, it was not offensive to anyone.
The next update is supposed to include the wipe.
But currently it's really hard to get a flare, wouldn't be better to just let it be until wipe, or until traders/crafters can make those?
Tell me Hololasima, how are flares "useful" right now, except making colored light?
For someone they are usefull as they are now, they lighting in your base. Its hard to get them and someone can be happy if he have some. Now tell me, how they will become useful when you add duration of burning ? They will be same hard to get as now, they will make "only colored light" + they will burn only for one hour ... what a useful thing eh ?
you are a bit short sighted on this and seem to go with the line of thinking that nothing else will change and only a duration will be added. what you should be doing is asking what is going to happen to the way we can obtain it compared to now not assume it wont change. lighting your base isnt the intended function of these items, that is just your choice.
Allright, but when this "lighting" is only thing what to do with flares, why adding some limit for it ? If they have some plan with flares, that they will become really useful, then ok, make a limit. But right now, if they are only for "fun", as coloring your base, why this change then ? Without any sense ...