Originally posted by Raven:

yea true.. i guess..
i know its not minecraft, or any other normal survival game.
but i do like how simple things are, but the hard part is getting the minerals.

now if there was an option to build an enhanced furnace with those cubes with an eternal flame, bring it on!

You're absolutely right, "this isn't Minecraft" and there is no "easy button" here. I actually like the fact that there's a degree of time management as well... unless you play with partners that can being doing one thing whilst you do another. You have to watch your food cook so it doesn't burn, you can only make 10 ingots at a time (unless you build more Kilns), etc. You have to actually **do** stuff. There's no stacking 500 chests and laying down a line of redstone to a hopper and furnace to let the game do everything for you.

These are Vikings... not factory workers in the Industrial age. ;)