do you ACTUALLY like rowing?

[landromat]

give me iron wind from SW

Edited November 6, 2025 by landromat

[Jakepeng99]

18 hours ago, fabin said:

lately in my runs, i've been trying to explore the ocean more, both for the boons that i get (thulecite, cool boat materials, free food from bass shoals), and because i got tired of ruins gathering in the early days always

the thing is, at some point, i've started to find rowing both extremely unfun and clunky, more so than using sails (which in my opinion, isn't as clunky make it out to be). so, to the absolute horror to some people, i decided to install a mod that makes rowing easier, and i've never turned it off since

the thing with timing your rows, is it if you time it perfectly, or row really slow, is that you just get the boat to move, and not get wet, that's it. not really a challenge and more of a chore. not to mention it's practically impossible to time them right if your ping is high

so what do you guys think, do you like how the rowing mechanic works currently?

It’s just like real life

[Hungry French]

The more I row... The more it seems to me that I will exceed my millions of guaranteed clicks on the mouse and it will fail... Thanks for having the sails...

[hyoton123]

I do not like rowing as it causes pain and the oars explode surprisingly fast. Malb bill is very fun though. Masts are even more of a nightmare in practice.

[oregu]

On 11/5/2025 at 4:30 PM, GimplyGoose said:

I think the clunkiness of rowing is a great incentive towards installing sails.

Except sails rotate super slow, so they're just as clunky.

Edited November 6, 2025 by oregu

[Tigris Nano]

I really hate when I click row with almost exact same frequency but due to little server lag or other reason it occasionally fails. 

[Spicybullfrog]

i feel like people tend to underutilize malbatross' drops because they don't want to grab the things required for doing fishing. It solves pretty much every problem that you could have with sea navigation; you can turn on a dime with the oar, you can instantly lower the feather sails, you end up moving really fast with either drop and even the blue gems she drops are good for setting up early salt boxes. 

Edited November 7, 2025 by Spicybullfrog

[Antynomity]

On 11/6/2025 at 8:03 AM, Ohan said:

In my opinion all seafaring without Malbatross items (paddle and sails) (and CK bumpers) is basically torture. 

+1

If only they hadnt nerfed the speeds that we had during that one beta this hard.

[crushcircuit]

On 11/6/2025 at 5:02 PM, Spicybullfrog said:

i feel like people tend to underutilize malbatross' drops because they don't want to grab the things required for doing fishing. It solves pretty much every problem that you could have with sea navigation; you can turn on a dime with the oar, you can instantly lower the feather sails, you end up moving really fast with either drop and even the blue gems she drops are good for setting up early salt boxes. 

even though i've never fought her i've gotten her drops as well, from a mix of klaus fights and treasure hunting! there are alternative methods to obtain these upgrades and they are SOOO good