did it being directly connected to Kaela not clue you in?The woodchopping and mining minigame is way too repetitive and grindy and just plain wears out its welcome. Doesn't help that some resources are much more scarce than what the crafting requires, so you got to spend extra time breaking materials you don't want for little money to get a chance at materials popping up that you do. Maybe if it stopped at level 5 it would have been more fun.
I do want to note that in the end you want all the materials anyway so the spawning is less of an issue then it seems but yes it is annoying when i just need one more maple tree to spawn.
doing commissions is way faster then playing a 20 minute + round of holocure though so its nice if you want to upgrade before the next run though.
The prisms existing and mocking me will drive me mad though.