i have no idea about the bomb mining issue so i cannot speak
afaik centraforge is expected to be an endgame thing so i’m ok with the absurb costs of materials and RNG.
Since you are already rich it doesn’t hurt too much and the rng mechanic adds some ‘exciting’ to the whole.
I like that idea. A daily grind with a purpose 
To prevent people from grinding dailies, I would make it so you can only select 3 a day, so when you log-in, you ask yourself, “What do I wanna do today?”
And you can pick the three.
This to prevent people from tryin’ to complete every single daily every single day.
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I’ve never bomb mined, so I know for a fact that getting past the hurdle without it is possible.
Being on the PC early start, I had to chip away at tier 5 planets using regular unforged iron hammers to get past the diamond wall, so I know how slow it can feel to progress past that level, without relying on shops or anything else.
But I also do enjoy doing mindless game tasks (like mining) while watching netflix or listening to music, when the mood strikes me, so having a like for that sort of thing really softened the rough edges of that middle stage for me, but I find it more than understandable that not everyone can actually enjoy that sort of thing and I can sympathize with how disheartening it must feel for those that don’t enjoy it and end up feeling forced into it.
It’s one of the reasons that I’m often willing to offer a helping hand, if I can, to those struggling to climb past that wall. A lot of quality of life improvements, perhaps too many, are gated behind it, so helping people make that transition in my opinion leads to fewer people quitting the game out of frustration, and hopefully in due time with our constructive feedback, the devs will consider rebalancing things to smooth over those rough edges at mid-game.