To harvest a tier 2 flower requires 30 work energy per press, 60 total. To harvest a farm flower requires 100 work energy per press, meaning 200 total PER FLOWER. This may not be so bad if the materials costs for farm items was lower but it isn’t. To make a potions chest requires 2 rare resources that will require 30 to 40 plus hits assuming the plant is even in the farm. I went into my farm today and spent half my work energy bar and didnt get enough to make one potions chest. On top of that all items made in the farm are CHARACTER bound, not roster bound.
Summary that the stronghold farms and shops are pointless for anything except bling decoration of the stronghold and one or 2 items that are sellable. (Great … now they will probably nerf those too). There is no real reason for them other than time sink and landscaping.
Work energy should be much less on the farm or items much cheaper to build, better would be to do both. All items made on the farm that are bound should be only roster bound, not char bound. In fact items from stuff made on the farm should be the only thing bound. If I make potions from flowers collected in the zones I should be able to sell all of them.