Shipwrecked boats.

[Nickolas2600]

So is it just me or is it weird that when fighting a sea creature you boat takes damage and not you? I feel like the creature should damage you and then boat ( maybe not the same amount of damage ) but as it is now I see no reason in building any other boat except the armored boat.

[NeoDeusMachina]

So is it just me or is it weird that when fighting a sea creature you boat takes damage and not you? I feel like the creature should damage you and then boat ( maybe not the same amount of damage ) but as it is now I see no reason in building any other boat except the armored boat.

 

There's plenty of reasons to build other boats... I doubt you're going to build an armored boat to get out of your starting island (people will go for the rafts). I personally prefer the cargo boat because I generally explore and gather ressources all the times and the extra inventory space is worth gold to me. The armored boat is pretty good for fighting. The row boat is kinda the cheap early game boat to get sail and lantern on, etc.

 

As for the damage taken, yeah, there could be a combination of ''boat'' (both)... Maybe a chance that your boat gets hit, and a chance that you get hit instead? Or maybe some ennemies could hit only the boat (e.g. swordfish), some others only you (e.g. the stinkrays), and some both (e.g. the whales).

 

Would that make the game better and more enjoyable ? I don't know. Would it make the game more realistic ? Probably.