Please give sea stacks a map icon

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The title says it all. It would be easier to plan a route if sea stacks showed up on the map in explored parts of the ocean, so you could avoid stretches of water particularly dense with them.

[-Nick-]

Id rather have it so they dont show up on the map, it gives the player sense of caution when sailing, if you were to  give them a map icon it will make the game easier, sea stacks were added like most features to go against the player. And if you really wanted this feature, maybe instead, over time ice bergs with randomly spawn when winter hits and melt during through summer and autumn, so the player will be always causious so they wont hit a ice berg. Plus the ice bergs can be destroyed but new ones will form next winter.

[CameoAppearance]

Most of the other world features that don't show up are things that move around at least a bit; beefalo and volt goat herds wander, and not every moosegoose nest is occupied by a moosegoose come spring. Plenty of other stationary hazards appear on the map, like spider nests, killer beehives, hound mounds, and even lureplants, along with barriers like obelisks and basalt. "It makes the game harder if they aren't on the map", while not untrue, is an awfully arbitrary reason to keep it that way.

[AN-0923]

And it makes sense to map sea stacks. About the caution thing, the ocean will be filled with creatures that ambush you pretty soon, I reckon.

[ADM]

Maybe we could suggest a new recipe to add on the map things you select with a Cartograph Desk ?

[Sinister_Fang]

I think it's less "makes it more difficult" and more "makes sailing even more boring". Navigating around sea stacks is literally the only interesting thing about sailing. With map markers, you can see where an efficient route is with no effort. Then it's literally just sitting there while your boat slowly floats from point A to point B.

[AN-0923]

I would argue that sea stacks being the only threat might be changed as we get more updates. It’s likely that we’ll get hostile sea mobs and sailing won’t be only planning the route and waiting for your boat to float to your destination. 

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15 hours ago, AN-0923 said:

I would argue that sea stacks being the only threat might be changed as we get more updates. It’s likely that we’ll get hostile sea mobs and sailing won’t be only planning the route and waiting for your boat to float to your destination. 

I'm certain it'll change. There's already unimplemented and unfinished ocean features. That's just what playing in beta is like.