I knew mining and botany were destined for a nerf as soon as I hit my 40s and noticed that the exp didn't scale for poop compared to the way the exp required to level was going up. I was okay with that eventuality. What makes it sting is how quickly they're doing it. I figured I had at least until 2.1 to enjoy the fruits of my labor (though I have to share it with all these bots), but the game's barely two months old and they're already breaking out the stepstools.