Material Balance and other things

[Jinxed 0]

So, I don't expect to find everything on a single island, but with the buoy bug, it's even harder to find things. 
This event (New Years) has made the game playable! I don't know who thought up vitamins, but it needs a serious forgiveness and re-balance. Right now, the most common thing is to just drown ourselves, before going anywhere.
It would be nice if farming materials was somewhere between what it is normally and the event. Not sure why you didn't do that in the re-balance?

Fishing of course needs a little polish
Fish dragged to the shore, often bug out, not taking hits or giving mats. 
Claim system of course needs work, or some form of upkeep to kill off the flag spammers 
Preservation bag should actually preserve things, I see no real difference putting salt and things into this? Things still spoil at about the same rate. 
Resources on islands need to be more balanced and expanded- I'm on O8 / Sugar Reef, and there's 4 key resources of course, but only one spot for berries, iron, and gems. (nothing else)
There should be some way to transport items without having to sail an hour to another island, and back again. Maybe some form of trade ship we can hire or crew with NPC's at the risk of having it sunk by other pirates? Taming would be ideal, but ... can't tame anything or get the materials to build a boat and go elsewhere, without huge time sink in material farming, sailing, and even huger risk at sea, even between other islands in my zone)
It would be nice if we had some options for transporting items over land, rather than relying on carrying weight. As it is, it's a point sink. (and tamed animals aren't even an option until we get off the island to find taming food for them)
Repecs should accumulate, or have some way to gain more. Higher level point spends are dicey. 8pts for something, only to find out the skill isn't worth it, locks you into it for too long at higher levels. 

It's very obvious, visiting other islands, that some don't have nearly the lack of various resources as others- as they have primary stone buildings, lanterns all over, and running around in plate, riding bears, growing various crops, etc. 
 

Edited January 3, 2019 by Jinxed