I suggest there to be just one type of tool. It is completely unnecessary to have different tools right now. The only reason I can think of is to have a bigger money sink for higher tier tools :/
The way it is now is just unnecessary. I end up being stuck with all types of tools because I don’t want to delete them. But I can’t use the copper/iron etc in the higher level areas. They’re not even account bound either so I can’t pass them to a lower level character of mine. It’s not like you can craft tools with materials or anything either. So why have seperate tools? Just make 1 tool – Pickaxe – Hatchet – Sickle. that’s it. And you can just make higher level nodes require a higher level to gather but with the same tool..