Ways To Make Money That Aren't Have Money

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if you have gone mining in the first place you have lost in the long term

i have never been a fan of the gathering system, it's essentially a fun vacuum.  sure you'll make bank, but was it really worth it?  was it???

This is true, but the only way I could think of to replace it would be some kind of infrastructure system wherein owning a mine just generates X amount of ores over time. Which would run into the same issue farming has, where you have to be rich to get rich.

Also most gathering isn't that bad if you bring people along and have fun with it.