malbatross bill should have higher (or infinite!) durability

[lenship2]

soo my backstory: i was messing around ocean fishing recently, and while ocean fishing i happened to come across a bass shoal. i noticed the bass shoal, and thought to myself, "hey, i have a few spare weapons on me, i could take on malbatross pretty easily"

the 'pretty easily' part did not come true, but i did manage to kill malbatross, and wow, she's incredibly hard for a boss with such low health, pushing your boat away and constantly deaggroing. its so chaotic and difficult and i kind of enjoyed it! (especially compared to another particular ocean boss whose name shall not be mentioned here)

anyways, i killed malbatross and i got the bill (so cool!!). i then broke it around 20 minutes later trying to map out the ocean and do more ocean fishing (not so cool!!)

sooo, my proposal is to make malbatross' bill have an exceptionally higher durability to compensate not only for the tediousness of her fight but also for the tediousness of ocean exploration

edit: nvm i realized this is kinda dumb tbh, absolute skill issue on my part breaking it

[ShadowbirdRH]

The bill already is exceptionally durable compared to the alternatives, and if you're being truthful about breaking it literally in 20 minutes, then you really need to get your rowing rhythm down. A shame you broke it too, since it's used in crafting the upgraded watering can. As for myself, I've got plenty of bills and I've never so much as scratched that bird. I just get them from Klaus.

[lowercase skye]

The Malbatross Bill is super super powerful already, I don't think it needs to be even better! A little tip: if you kill one of the Powder Monkeys either from the Moon Quay or a pirate raid, you can wear their bandana to effectively double the durability of oars! So long as you remember to always have it on when rowing.

[_zwb]

If your timing for rowing isn't right the durability goes down really fast, more of a skill issue I'd day

Jokes aside, you can just save it at 1 use and craft the better watering can, deconstruct the can to get Malbotross Bill with 100% durability.

[chirsg]

I'd want a craft that lets us auto row. 

There's already a mod that has a player automatically row optimally. 

Motorboats in dst plz. 

 

Some suggestions I feel lack a bit of ambition.

[lenship2]

2 hours ago, chirsg said:

automatic rowing structure

https://dontstarve.fandom.com/wiki/Mast

[chirsg]

3 hours ago, lenship2 said:

https://dontstarve.fandom.com/wiki/Mast

the fact you're using the malbatross bill in the first place tells me you don't like the mast either and would prefer an alternative. Mast sucks.

[Jakepeng99]

9 hours ago, chirsg said:

the fact you're using the malbatross bill in the first place tells me you don't like the mast either and would prefer an alternative. Mast sucks.

Motar boat is the same as a Mast.

[ShadowbirdRH]

Oars and sails both have their roles. Sails are best for navigating familiar waters, especially if you've got a feathered sail (I got all the materials I needed from sunken chests), while oars are better when navigating waters unfamiliar and/or dense with obstacles. I'd hate to be without either.

[lenship2]

14 hours ago, chirsg said:

the fact you're using the malbatross bill in the first place tells me you don't like the mast either and would prefer an alternative. Mast sucks.

mast doesn't really suck, it's just too expensive in its current state to justify use imo

by the time you have the convenience of using masts, you rarely need to go to the ocean (so more a problem with the lack of content the ocean provides than masts)