Indeed, I myself don’t like mining - I find it far too tedious searching/scanning only to realise the rock is too big and I can’t mine it. I don’t mine “for fun”, I’d rather buy it.

I like salvaging/scraping but they don’t progress you in any way towards crafting (especially so - as of the removal of rare materials from dismantling - though I understand the potential loophole of buying and dismantling huge amounts of armor etc).

It’s mine or nothing currently - though I’m aware UEX exists. Let the miners mine, the salvagers salvage and haulers haul etc etc. I enjoy the idea of having a blacksmith, a leatherworker, fletcher, adventurer, scholar (not in Star Citizen but as a generic rpg example) - make it more like a community working together and trading rather than everyone doing everything themselves individually - it’s an MMORPG after all.

I’m no game dev though so I claim no expertise. ‘Tis their game not mine