This is no QQ have i lost any miners recently? i think not.
Back on topic
As for taking longer well... thats bollox. if you could build a HWY route to & from where you wanted it the most. the travel time i believe would be about the same as walking across normal terrain (without HWYs) & then using a internal TP.
this would as a by product eliminate a persons ability to to use internal TPs for protection from an enemy by jumping thru them continuously.
I challenge you to stop & look at the map of the beta island you live on & see if you were able to build your own HWYs that you would be able to get to & from your normal destinations at the very least as fast as you do now.
To those trolls who say about giving more time to log off. I say most of the time yall have to walk slowly over terrain to get to the miners. most of the time internal TPs are build in bad locations. Also islands that have good gate scouts will always alert ppl fast so no real difference. With internal TPs we know where you are going to come in & out of.
But if those were gone your movements can be more unpredictable. remember u can get off half way down a HWY. You cant do that on an internal TP.
Think out side of the box & you will find the ability for defenders & attackers to vary there movments & use HWYs & terrain will open up even more possible tactics.
True Pros make a Podcast to influence the Devs minds,
The rest of you guys are Hacks
PS. I got my Highways & stopped playing b4 they came in & have never used them! ...... Irony much ?