Originally posted by kestar:

There you have it. These things together create a feeling of grind, which only serves to artificially prolong play time.

They should add more content (more stuff like the mountain caves), make the world smaller (why have 15 swamps when you can have 5 swamps?), reduce ore requirements/increase drop rates, make the sea less boring.

This game isn't that complicated.

There are 5 bosses. You find resources so that you can make gear, which you make to help you beat the next boss. That unlocks new resources and gear, and another boss. That's it. That's the gameplay loop. You want even LESS reason to play? Fair enough if you don't like that gameplay loop but with the changes you're suggesting this is a ten hour game.

Since you have almost 300 hours into it, you must kind of like it. You don't get to say it "artificially increases playtime" after spending that amount of time on it willingly even though you don't need to spend anywhere NEAR that time to "beat" it. Nobody forced you to keep playing, or to max out all of your gear, or to spend dozens of hours building. If you're burned out then stop playing, but don't expect the devs to ruin the experience for everyone else just because you've gotten bored.