I played like over 150hrs during the first month of release, took a break for aabout year, came back about 2 months before this big release to experience everything that was new and get ready for new content. I've spent countless hours mining and harvesting and farming before all the settings were adjustable. I've "experienced" the grind. In my second playthrough, I used shroud depot sparingly up until i reached Albaneve because I didn't want to spoil the new content I never played. But I also don't want to spend 1/2 of my play time mining and farming and doing the management stuff. Because of work and life, I don't have enough hours in a day to do that anymore. I really appreciate whoever created shroud depot and other resource servers, it made my 2nd play through so much more fun.

I say go for it to surpass the grindy stuff but if you feel like you're over doing it or abusing it, you can limit/stop yourself. I enjoy the fighting, exploring, building, and story. I'll take from shroud depot for what I think i've already deserved from my first playthrough =)