Originally posted by warrenchmobile:

Originally posted by Galo:

...Since day 1, sailing is pure ♥♥♥♥.

Exactly as it was for real vikings in real life. Yet they did it anyway.

The Vikings also has 18 men that could row a Karve at a speed of 10 knots (19km/h, or 12mph), and with wind it could move at a speed exceeding 15 knots (28km/h or 17mph), and Viking longships usually held 40-45 men and would be rowed by 40 men at a time and would exceed speeds of 35 knots (64km/h or 40mph) and with proper sailing conditions would exceed 51 knots (94.5km/h or 58mph). To put that into perspective these boats were as fast or faster than primitive automobiles, and a long ship is faster than a modern naval Destroyer. Nothing in Valheim even closely reflects what it was like to sail one of those ships, and none of those ships were able to be manned or rowed by a single man.

The games sailing system is hot trash, if they added some form of NPC thrall system like conan, or just let the ship row mechanic move as though it was being rowed by a full crew of men than it wouldn't even be an issue.