I hate the boat

[Riger82]

Any chance we might eventually get an equip slot for it?
Set in the water, climb in, dodge 8 BILLION tentacles that attack you from the very edges of the screen (seriously, their range needs to be lowered), stop completely, get out, smack your boat back into the inventory, repeat on each body of water.
Being able to equip it and instantly jump in the boat when you move to the water and jump out when you hit land would be so much more convenient.

[ThatTimGuy]

Since it's only going to be key for one biome, I don't think it's a big issue. If the devs are going to make any changes to the boat functionality, I'd rather they allowed use of tools and shields while afloat. For all those tentacles, it would be nice to protect myself from the shots I know are coming. For all those fishing spots in the middle of the sea, it would be nice to fish from the boat instead of having to build a bridge and get off the boat.

[Riger82]

Originally posted by ThatTimGuy:

Since it's only going to be key for one biome, I don't think it's a big issue. If the devs are going to make any changes to the boat functionality, I'd rather they allowed use of tools and shields while afloat. For all those tentacles, it would be nice to protect myself from the shots I know are coming. For all those fishing spots in the middle of the sea, it would be nice to fish from the boat instead of having to build a bridge and get off the boat.

I've used the mining pick and bow while floating. What tools do you need?

I mostly want it to be an equip due to the game beginning to crash every couple hours once my world gets large enough. And if you're on the boat, it gets left wherever the last autosave was so you have to craft another to go hunt it down. I've had it happen twice now.

[ThatTimGuy]

I want to be able to fish off the boat and use a shield while sailing. As it stands, both of these are a no-go. I'm guessing this is because it's not a primary attack (LMB). I haven't tried, but I'd hypothesize that you cannot use a shovel to dig, use a hoe to till/mass harvest, or any activated off-hand.

I can understand why you'd want the boat to be fixed to your character. If you die on it, say while fighting Omoroth, you need a second boat to sail to where you lost the first one. That would be extra frustrating if it happens due to something outside of your control (i.e. connection failure).