Hey there I’m glad you’re enjoying it so far. As for mining you may be right. You’ll likely find that some parts of the game are a little unbalanced in terms of what you have to do. I hear fishing is pretty OP right now too. Thanks for your input, I’ve noted it down. Balancing out tasks, sell prices, and quest requirements is a bit of a constant battle for me. There will likely be iterations in the future for these sorts of things. It may at some point require less ore to make a bar, or quest objectives may change to add more variety.
I don’t want the game to be a grind, but striking that balance between grind and extremely quick and easy is proving to be a bit difficult. It’s likely too that as you play more and level up skills and tools things will get a lot easier for you. In any case don’t worry too much, I don’t think you are alone in your opinions. At some point when I get some time I’ll be looking into these things and more. Thanks again for your input, it’s very appreciated. Hope you have fun (and don’t run into too many bugs).