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Two things.

1. Is anyone else experiencing the thing where you literally get on a boat and you move a bit then it just breaks? Really annoying.
2. Also is anyone else having as much trouble getting animals to follow you as I am? I.e. I was trying to get a chicken in my farm, and it would stop on certain blocks and just spin in circles... Same with cows, pigs, all mobs really. Except for Iron Golems and villagers.

There have been a lot of posts recently about the boats breaking really easily, without even hitting anything.

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Two things.

1. Is anyone else experiencing the thing where you literally get on a boat and you move a bit then it just breaks? Really annoying.
2. Also is anyone else having as much trouble getting animals to follow you as I am? I.e. I was trying to get a chicken in my farm, and it would stop on certain blocks and just spin in circles... Same with cows, pigs, all mobs really. Except for Iron Golems and villagers.

1. I haven't really messed with boats much....

2. I have noticed this and have mentioned it already in the bug thread. So nice that they are looking into this, as it is troublesome especially when you just want them in a certain area.:D

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1. Do the boats strike an object (Blocks or Lily pads) or do they just suddenly break?.

I was in my world and I had gone a ways in the boat without it breaking, but as I approached a sand block it broke, though it seemed to be pretty far from the sand block when it did break (like 1/3 of a block away). And it was an instantaneous break upon contact. I was watching Rooster Teeth's video on the music disc locations of the tutorial and it happened in there if you want an idea what happened to me.

Happens at 4:13 as they approach the shore. That's about how far I was when my boat broke.

1- I use boats extensively and they are certainly more fragile. They easily break at low speeds hitting anything or the edge of the world and sometimes seem to break for no reason. I can't put a boat in a dock anymore just leave it in the ocean nearby.

2- I have not had many issues leading animals. I just have to stay close or they forget about you and meander. Have you tried punching them with your fist to reset their behavior.

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1- I use boats extensively and they are certainly more fragile. They easily break at low speeds hitting anything or the edge of the world and sometimes seem to break for no reason. I can't put a boat in a dock anymore just leave it in the ocean nearby.

2- I have not had many issues leading animals. I just have to stay close or they forget about you and meander. Have you tried punching them with your fist to reset their behavior.

Yes, I chose a spot to build a house by water, and I wanted to take a boat to the mushroom biome close by, and my boat just shattered haha. Not even touching anything.
And yes, but you can only do that so many times to a chicken.

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1. Do the boats strike an object (Blocks or Lily pads) or do they just suddenly break?.

2. Looking into the issue with mob AI.

They randomly break. You'll just be going along then BOOM. Haha. Thank you, I appreciate it! Not even big problems, just was curious if anyone else experiences it.

I can confirm that boats are much more fragile than they used to be... I learned to compensate by staying in at least two deep water and away from the world edge, lily pads, etc. All in all, a minor problem for me... and I use boats fairly often.

Boats are very easy to crash (Lily pads, blocks, you name it!) but I don't think that's the problem. It has become extremely difficult to control the boats since TU12 was released.

I saw some cats run around in circles, which was entertaining, but haven't tried to get animals to follow me yet.

The boats I have experience breaking easy. I had no problems before but twice I got in boats and they broke quickly. The first time I saw a lily pad. The second time I didn't see anything