[mebizzle]

I think it is both an egregious example of the "farm this to craft this to farm this..." gameplay loop and that other aspects of the gameplay are too shallow to hold it up once you get bored of the crafting and building loop. And I say this as a fan of the game lol

[parineum]

I wouldn't mind it if building didn't seem pointless. You travel with your ship but build on planets that you are meant to quickly abandon.

The exploration and building aspects are in opposition to each other so you can't really hop in between them when you get bored without starting over next time.