Finally reached rank 10 and unlocked flying. I like it a little better now that I'm less restricted. I feel they should add some more methods to gain exp and cowries that you can access from the start, because progress through those middle ranks feels demotivating. A friend quit doing her island because the progress to unlock stuff felt too slow. I can imagine a lot of casual people dropping out like that, because it's just not fun enough from the beginning. The worst part is doing a bunch of tedious gathering manually to have enough resources to get things going. Regarding the whole industrial feel, the easiest solution would be to offer some new building glam options that make the workshops look like something other than workshops, and toggle hiding display of most of the mammets island-wide.