Word choice aside, I agree. The workshop/island creator is a very unpolished part of the game. Regulatory mechanics need to be implemented to separate the "cheaty" islands from the "fair" islands, with some in-between room for "generous" islands (like the one I posted).

I have faith in the cleverness of the designers, though. I believe that once the devs finish putting out the fires of instability, optimization, network code, co-owned islands, and more content in general, then they will devise a system that prevents or severely limits the "cheaty" islands and counter-balances the "generous" islands with something fair and proportional.

I want the "cheaty" islands, it's my choice to build freely without wasting time with combat, or searching for plans and materials. Once I build the floating island I want, I can go sailing to explore the world in it. I plan to ride a luxury cruise through this map, I don't want to wait until the end game to get it, with no where new to go.
Yes, I am using every "cheat" I can find, and I don't want to mess up the game program with mods.
I built a platform in the island editor and placed all the knowledge stones to learn all the recipes, rows of wind crystals, and any materials I wanted, opened a new world and spawned it in.
Fair enough, that's what I wanted to do, and mighty pleased the game lets me do that.
If you all want a death defying, life threatening hard mode, good for you....Aloft can add flying sharks and dragons to attack you all and your flying vessels for all I care, as long as I can continue playing like I want, the way it is now, with improvements, NOT restrictions.

The "cheaty" islands are great for that kind of play style (so is Creative mode, which should have even more "cheaty" options -- eventually). Flying sharks and dragons are great for other games, but not Aloft. Adventure-mode Aloft wants a generous but fair balance, and that requires balancing mechanics, which are currently lacking in the island editor.

Originally posted by Iptest1:

friends you cant trust

are people you can't trust REALLY your friends? sounds like you need to up your standards.