War Seas Highways: When sailing takes too long

[Keiko]

@clenn

the randomization aspect is a little over the top though, i would say highways should exist primarily for atleast long range travel, or even just specifically for inter-sea travel to make a trip from bronze to chimera faster (we’re here for the immersion, not main menu teleporting!!)

originally this wasnt even a thing in the discussion until Waping came in and said

@Waping

I don’t hate the idea, I was into it at first.

BUT… the more I think about slipstreams, and the more I see that they really just push everyone to always take the same path, every time, consistently, if you want to be optimal. It’s a bit lame.

Like, boring optimized players already make grinding routes between islands and that’s fine. But here? That’s not just a niche suggestion or a personal preference. That’s the game actively pushing you and rewarding you to take its own specific routes.

It doesn’t encourage exploration or making your own choices. It just plainly tells you: go in this direction like every other sheep and you’ll be objectively faster. Atp it feels less like being clever and more like you are getting punished if you do anything else, once you are used to the increased speed.

…At least, I think that’s how it’d feel to me. Kinda like getting used to 300 agility in early patches. Using less afterwards feels like a punishment.

i dont think it addressed every issue he had but after that we had the idea of having them be randomized currents from a pre-set list (because randomized in general would be awful to deal with as well as just unrealistic), i was okay with the idea because logically it makes sense considering sea currents do shift little by little each day