Did my first hourglass of Season 19 this evening with friends. It was incredible!!!
- The crate that spawned on our ship, had plenty of supplies for an amazing fight.
- It was awesome that every fight we encountered, had flags.
- The visual red boundary was fantastic. No more checking the map to see where we are in relation to the border while in a dynamic fight.
- The timing of when the circle was shrinking, felt perfect.
- The ease and quickness of queueing up again, was so smooth. Everyone voted "yes", we were already underwater, already had our flag, and new supplies popped up. Removing that long splash screen with the sad trombone music was nice.
- The few losses we had didn't feel bad at all because of the quick turn-around.
The time saved from not having to buy/loot supplies at an outpost...get them to the ship...raise flag...raise anchor...vote on HG...vote to dive...drop sails...head out to sea, all this tedium is removed, and you're left to concentrate on the main objective. HUGE W in my crew's opinion tonight Rare. Kinda wish these changes took place years ago, but we're grateful for what we experienced tonight, win or lose. The team behind this did an outstanding job.
