DO NOT RESPOND UNLESS YOU ARE A DEV.
im a developer, not for wonderstruck/boundless, but im a dev.
nope
https://forum.playboundless.com/t/poll-is-the-grind-really-that-hard-for-builders
the player consens is that the grind is ok as it is (or was before the spitter ey update at least)
besides of that, i never wanted to start forging, felt like to much work, now its even more lol so i will never forge something 
or maybe with bought compounts, maybe