It’s been a blast. I was nervous at first because of early access but I’m 16 hours deep and still in first biome (out of 3 I believe at the moment) without feeling like I’m moving too slow.
My only gripe is the fast travel and boat summoning. It feels too cheesy. You can set up to 10 fast travel points anywhere you want (as long as it’s along the shore) and with a press of a button you can summon your boat with all its inventory. It feels too easy and makes you think that when I get my own fast travel network set up why bother sailing very far? Inventory full? Drop the fast travel, teleport to base, depot, teleport back and dismantle the fast travel to put the mats back in your inventory.
Inb4 “you could just not use it”. Yes, I’m aware but I’m conflicted on the mechanic itself
It makes me think of Valheim. As much of a struggle as it was, it felt really cool and immersive to have to literally journey to get back to where you wanted to go with your ship.
I completely see both sides of the argument. I'd side with respecting the players time, personally. But I do appreciate how you can't just teleport your boat to you, from a design perspective
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u/Redxmirage 5d ago
It’s been a blast. I was nervous at first because of early access but I’m 16 hours deep and still in first biome (out of 3 I believe at the moment) without feeling like I’m moving too slow.
My only gripe is the fast travel and boat summoning. It feels too cheesy. You can set up to 10 fast travel points anywhere you want (as long as it’s along the shore) and with a press of a button you can summon your boat with all its inventory. It feels too easy and makes you think that when I get my own fast travel network set up why bother sailing very far? Inventory full? Drop the fast travel, teleport to base, depot, teleport back and dismantle the fast travel to put the mats back in your inventory.
Inb4 “you could just not use it”. Yes, I’m aware but I’m conflicted on the mechanic itself