DISREGARD BELOW: I’ll be back. 
Like the title says. I’m just about done with Boundless.
I thought the day would never come. I loved it. I really did. But now, after so many ‘changes’, it’s no longer the game I fell in love with. Actually, it’s not really a game to me anymore. It’s more like a job or a chore that I don’t get paid for. It’s stressful. And stress is one thing I have enough of in my life these days. I used to play this game to avoid the stress but, here we are.
I was looking forward to the farming update. Farming, but not as we know it, is how it was marketed to us. Okay, sounded very interesting. But now it’s here and what have we got? A system where you either have to have a phd or some sort of degree in quantum entanglement in order to figure out all these ratios to make a successful crop. Like, wtf? What’s fun about that? It limits how we build our farms, how they’ll look etc. because the seeds need to be planted in this thing, and next to that thing but within x amount of blocks of this other thing and you can do it one way for more seeds or another way to get more crops and etc. etc. and it gives me a frikken headache.
Then we have the new lighting and foliage quality settings. It looked great on testing at first. But they just had to keep playing with it and now, too dark at night, too damn bright during the day. I go out gathering and when I look to the ground to smack a desert sword or whatever, I’m blinded because the light increases when looking down. Wtf? I’m now constantly having to adjust the new darkness balance when it is day and again when it turns night. It’s like I have the settings window open constantly.
Then there’s the foliage settings. Can’t see the darned resources through the grass, no matter what setting I have it on. But James says it’s working as intended and is most effective when looking down from a height. Well NEWSFLASH! Our character models don’t have much height and we don’t run around gathering by placing blocks to climb to height before we smack a resource. We don’t have stilts either and quite frankly, there’s no difference when at a height anyway, the settings do nothing! But no, they’re working as intended, apparently! The devs also said, well, we added luminosity to the resources to make them stand out and easier to see. Well, guess what, many of the resources such as desert swords and many others don’t have a single shred of luminosity. They never did and they sure as heck don’t now.
And I don’t wanna hear it! The ole “That’s how we PS4 users have had to play” etc. etc. That’s not my fault! Take it up with the devs or Sony. Not my problem! I had the option to buy the game for my PC or PS4. I chose PC. I should be able to play the game and enjoy it with the added benefits that come with being a PC player. But, I cannot any longer.
I also find myself having to alter my schedule in the real life to fit and revolve around the game. Rushing home because I might have forgotten to fuel a portal or are my beacons fueled? Am I going to lose everything because I have no sanctum storage or, the game gives me back nothing that I worked hard to craft because of the stupid beacons and regeneration.
Oh and, lets not mention the nerfs of past. That’s a whole other barrel of dead fish.
Sorry, but the game has become way too much of a tedious grind and it’s effecting my mental health on a negative level. I might come back some day but I highly doubt it.
You guys are an awesome community. You’re about the only positive thing that I can take away from all of this. One piece of advise I’d like to give you all is… Don’t take “It’s working as intended” as a final answer. If you feel strong enough about an issue then fight for it and to have it dealt with. I gave up on a recent issue because I personally just don’t have the strength or will left to fight anymore.
Love you all in this community and I’ll miss you. Take care of yourselves. 
Know that if you ever want to come back and just chill out, no stress, there is always a place for you at my settlement. A few new really cool NMS folks have joined in Boundless just recently, might be enjoyable for you at some point to just relax and change pace in the game, hang and chat, go exploring.
