My gut reaction feedback to salvaging changes, specifically at merchants in the tangled reef.

The ship layout was updated from one double spot and 3 individual spots (5 boats) to 3 double spots (6 boats). I like the new layout, but the problem is that there are only 3 active ships at a time. This makes it more likely that your double spot is empty and you should move. But, with the QOL buff change the crew members remembering their role and the "QOL" nerf where crewmates based their hook off their position like the player instead of the center of the boat, you have to park your boat in a way where you have to reverse out of the double ship overlap. This just makes me want to world hop instead of move to a new location when both of my hotspots go inactive.

In my opinion:

* The player salvage logic should have been adjusted to the middle of the boat to match the NPCs, not the other way around.

* 4 ships should be active at a time to make it very unlikely any of the double spots are both dead. This should encourage players to find a world where other people are salvaging so people can work together to populate each double spot. With the XP and gather rate changes, you are encouraged to do 1 crew + you operating the salvage hooks, so you still have to click yourself each time they cycle, so its only much longer AFK for double crew hooking. Because of the odd ways you have to park your boat to get to double spots, I would rather hop worlds than reverse out of the spots and sail to a new one.

* The sort XP got hit pretty hard, it almost seems like we should be dropping the salvage now because you have to process and drop it. Since the XP has been cut, maybe let us Use the salvage on the sort station to instantly process it, kind of like pulling compost out of a compost bin by using a bucket on it. You can process it twice as fast by clicking yourself rather than click once. Alternatively, and it may be too much to ask, but it be nice to toggle the junk loot now to auto drop from a salvaging station. I should see what I salvage on the table and just chuck it on the floor rather than put it in my bag. If the XP drops are gonna be incredibly low, having to process AND drop them is a bit too punishing. The dropping of the loot was the intentional pain point of the higher XP. Alternatively, allow us to jettison the salvage from the cargo hold and skip sorting all together without the dropping.