Originally posted by Zathabar:

Folks please recall the relative scarcity of mats was a ploy to make us EXPLORE our maps.. OK fair enough If there was a bit more thought into this like adding rare pawns land marks etc then we'd not be arguing so much.

The fact that folks resort to farming on different worlds is perfect illustration hat the eplorative and exploitative mechanics are just not well developed yet.

This! The worlds are so huge I can't imagine running out of resources on them. I do hope they add more rare spawns like the maypole and stuff. It would give the players a lot more incentive to venture out and explore the map.