Suggestion [remove Aether Currents as a catch up mechanic]

[Iscah]

This psychological harms the player every time

Could you be any more overdramatic about this?

Sure it's a bit disappointing and frustrating to be back down to the slow speed, but calling it "psychological harm" both overplays the severity of it and underplays the severity of actual psychological harm.

Slow mounts are tedium, not suffering.