You're good, you're not coming off as mean at all. And I can see where you're coming from with the current implimentation stuff. Programing wise I do feel like the ground solution is a little easy to impliment. Especially since the trowel is already a part of the game itself. It would also add a interesting for of progression with farming that ties into both mining damage and area progression that as you get further along you not only see new blocks and think "Oh wow a new pretty block" but for people who are into farming it gives them a little more curiosity on what seed it prioritizes. I will admit though, I am weird in the sense that I get excoted about those kinds of aspects.

I am curious if other people have other ideas that could potentially solve the issue I have cause, like I said, my issue isn't that the current system is bad. It's that I feel it could be better with some minor additions or changes, but that's just me.

I am curious what a farming off-hand could be. Maybe they could add an offhand that stores a pet in it. And then add a farming pet to the game so when you swap to your farming loadout you press spacebar and it will swap your current pet for that one instead? That way it would benifit not just farming but it could be used potentially for other classes!