It does seem a little strange to be upset about a feature release in Early Access, when there is a simple and known workaround, and the issue will no longer exist at full release. You knew this was an EA game, yes? This is to be expected.

I used the world-hopping method last night, just so I wouldn't end up exploring all of the mountains in the world I'm using as a server with friends. It worked just fine, it was no trouble at all.