[2023] Am I the only one hating the trader quests?

I never do them outside of testing.

Originally posted by SylenThunder: I never do them outside of testing.

More or less the same. I'll do them occasionally as something to do, but I don't go out of my way to play them constantly or grind them for materials.

Not so much that I hate them, I just like surviving on my own.

Originally posted by ApocNizmith: -snip-
While not necessary, playing without them puts you at a distinct disadvantage.

Other way around. Playing with them puts you at a huge advantage; The traders are the part of the game that is presently incredibly overpowered compared to the apparent intended balance of things.

And this will change sooner than later, most likely; Traders haven't really been rebalanced in ages. Their stock lists and quest rewards have been adjusted around to specialize each trader in a certain direction unique to them, but the quantities in stock/the quantity given in a quest reward/the rate at which high quality items appear for sale appear/etc haven't been balanced yet against all the looting changes and survival balance that has occurred in the last few alphas.