STORY OF SEASONS: Grand Bazaar

This is my first time playing anything remotely related to Harvest Moon and it's a lot of fun. It's very addictive and I adore playing as the merchant, rather than placing stuff into shipping bins. Not to mention, all the holidays that come up. Sure, there are the typical animal shows and such, but stuff like Tea Day and Honey Day make for very unique ways to build up friendships in the game. Also, I like that the scenes are skippable. Don't get me wrong, the characters are phenomenal, but it does tend to slow down the grind that I want to build back up. So, it's both a blessing and a curse, esp when you have to pick responses and you don't know what's been said lol I have two big gripes in the game. I will admit that I am still fairly early on in the game, so I do not know if this gets better or not. But one big gripe that I'm currently dealing with are silver nodes. The game doesn't have just copper, iron, or silver seperate nodes. Instead, copper and iron are often found together. Unfortunately, the silver nodes also will spit out copper and iron. It becomes very grindy and repetitive to constantly look for silver or higher. It also doesn't help that basic tools need silver in order to upgrade, iirc. I wish it wasn't so rare, considering you desperately need it to upgrade/create MOST items. Second biggest gripe is the Bazaar. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind that it's only on one day a week, esp since the days go by fairly quickly. That being said, it really sucks having to wait all the way till Sat to be able to buy certain things. It also doesnt help that money dwindles quickly in this game. I understand that this may be more of a user/"skill" issue, but I wish certain shops opened up twice a week, esp ones that have more basic needs. Even Lloyd's gemporium would be incredibly beneficial to have open twice a week. It'd definitely help with taking away from the grind and make things feel cozier. Ofc, again, this is all with the thought of still being early in the game. At most, I hope the silver rarity gets fixed. I have so much copper and iron that it sucks that I can't do much with it once I have my copper tools. Which, again, need silver in order to make. Other than this, if you love resource management and foraging type of games, then you'll adore this.