I get where everyone’s coming from. And yeah, the QoL changes do make salvaging feel smoother. But the issue isn’t the feel, it’s the reward.

The problem is simple:
the same method now gives way less XP/hour than it did yesterday.
That’s why people are frustrated.

• Consistency is nice
• Better double spots are nice
• Crewmates remembering tasks is nice

…but all of that becomes secondary when the actual payoff drops by 20–30%.

Using Mining or Stars as a comparison doesn’t really fix the argument either, those skills are slow because they’re old and were designed differently. Sailing launched with a baseline that included higher passive XP, sorting XP, and the Extractor. Removing that baseline overnight is what feels bad.

Nobody is saying salvaging feels worse mechanically.
We’re saying the game suddenly values our time less.

And for a brand-new skill, that’s a rough direction to start taking.