Speed NEEDS an increase.

It’s WAY to slow. It makes both exploration and simply going back to somewhere you’ve already been feel so dragged out and boring. I love this game but this needs to be improved.

Yes it could be cool to have an improvement for the ship or the character or the hydropulsor

Counter-argument: The current movement speed makes the world feel smaller than it really is. Early on, the game has an excellent sense of scale and grandeur, but as you unlock upgrades, travelling across the map becomes increasingly trivial. Crossing the trench no longer feels like an expedition, and simply dashing out of the way is enough to outrun most threats. Reducing movement speedof player, tadpole and its attachements to around 0.75× of there current speed would help restore that sense of scale, make exploration feel more deliberate, increase the challenge, and encourage players to fully explore each biome before pushing into the next one.

Maybe a cross between what you’re suggesting and CooperativeGeology083? Better options for long term travel but maintenace of scale by making the upkeep more intense? So you don’t want to use it more than you have to?