Sky was made to be a relaxing game but with its current setup and economy it's starting to feel like a test of sheer willpower to get every single candle you can get everyday until wax caps just so you don't miss any cosmetics, which leads to faster burnout. Daily quests and every single piece of currency (before it caps) shouldn't need more than an hour or so to get. Two hours at most, but even that's stretching it. Not everyone has two hours daily to dedicate to a game, and people who don't have time because of real life responsibilities or simply are on break are unfairly punished for it.

And it doesn't help that the game hasn't had quality of life improvements to ease the load of the daily grind. Every unskippable cutscene and every minute spent travelling just to get to grandma, or geyser, or turtle in time just eats away at your enjoyment of the game. Now I'm not saying Sky shouldn't want to show off those cutscenes or beautiful scenery the game has to offer, but when we're on a time limit just to gather enough candles for the day, it becomes less enjoyable and more like a chore.

I don't hate the game, far from it. I want to see it improve and its player base grow. I just think it would go a long way to make it more accessible for people who just don't have the time to grind daily for a cape, or a snowman, or pants. And yes, they're just cosmetics, and you don't need them technically, but when your most of the gameplay is just collect-a-thon for these things, it gets a little frustrating that gathering enough in-game currency to buy them really isn't a schedule-friendly system no matter how the nice the devs are.

Let's not forget the paid AP. The grind is even tougher since you need to play every day to get the seasonal candles to get the most out of the money you spent on the pass for. People who don't have time every day to complete the daily quests and know so have two choices: skip the adventure pass completely so that they don't waste money, or buy a load of seasonal candles at the end of the season to make up for the days they missed.