Really enjoying the game so far, but my biggest gripe is FOR THE LOVE OF GOD LET ME TAKE METAL THROUGH PORTALS AND/OR MAKE IT AN OPTION IN THE MENU... Its just so odd and super inconvenient to allow items and valuables through, but not metals.

Currently the closest swamp I have found thus far is at least a half an hour+ via boat to my base, and at this point it is more convenient to move my entire base closer to the swamp than it is to ferry the scrap iron back (and lucky for me I do not have a large stockpile of metals atm), which is another issue because the time it takes to get back is completely dependent on the wind direction.

Gripe 2; Smiting takes foreeeever! Between hustling materials back to the forge, constantly loading each individual ore and coal into the furnaces, as well as making sure you have a constant supply of coal from your kiln, it is a very bloated process.

You need at least 3 forges and kilns to make the process somewhat bearable, which on their own take up a ton of room, not sure why a forge can't just hold a full stack of ore, they're massive so i'd think they'd have enough room inside, same goes for the kiln.

Gripe 3; Building/landscaping using stamina is also rather annoying to deal with.

That's what I can come up with thus far.