Lackluster progression tiers left me unsatisfied

TL;DR

it only took 3-4 days for me and two friends, to climb the progression mountain. We had our best end-game weapons, and (most) of our best end game armor (i was the only one who didn't, as i opted for diamond armor over ranger armor)

Some end game armors require scutes, which feels somewhat disrespectful to the players time; as by the time you're doing the turtle eggs-- you're far beyond the vanilla enemies being any threats- so it was ultimately too boring to do.

about half way through chapter 1, we reached our end game, and by the end of chapter 1, we were level 50, and mostly maxxed out.

Seeing as there was nothing we could get thats better- we lost purpose in the main storyline.