I would just like to say, that I was wrong about issue #2, you can actually drag sifted ore over the output slots to re-enter it. Regardless this is not at all intuitive to new players as it is not mentioned anywhere on the wiki or in the starter book. So for that reason I uphold my stance that it would be better to modify the output of sifted ore from gravel to 100%

#1 Exploit 😬
#2 Nerf Fries stats for the love of god
#3 Just why. What is the point of just making something widely used, simply much easier to obtain than it currently is, and for rich nations too. It has repercussions on the economy as the supply increases drastically and inflation happens, and for a block used in war, inflation can become even worse. It has repercussions on player experience as people get confused in all these random min-maxing mechanics and machines, and become more used to things being easier to obtain for no reason other than "it's cool". It's not good.

#1, gonna call BS on that, it's been an unofficial feature for years at this point. Quit pretending like it's basically not tolerated by the staff. It's an exploit only in name pretty much.
#2 that is a seperate discussion, this suggestion is about making it not totally obnoxious to make salt.
#3. Firstly, concrete is already expensive as it is. It is annoying to make and furthermore there are no vehicles that require terracotta that do not use a large portion of concrete. It is a major incentive to make the carbonado furnaces. Since the only application is in multiplying iron and as such very few of these furnaces have been created lately.

#1 The only issue with this proposal is that it an automated (better) version of the basic machine, just like with the basic machine. You can spread 9 sifted ore and honestly to me, its not that big of a deal to try and get 9 sifted ore. Also what about clay? (Besides flint no one likes that)
2# Besides balancing SF food, I do not wish to give the ability to semi automate salt until the fries are at least adjusted.
3# Also igneous processors can make sand, as well as cobblestone, which then is turned into gravel. This can be used in electric gold pan machine to produce clay.

Whole suggestion easily can be made from electric gold pan I don't see why terracotta should be multiplied by the carbonado furnace when you still can make ton of it

#1 It's already good enough that staff allow said exploit, no bother make it easier.
#2 You should work for your outcome. Sincerely, Salt isn't hard at all-
#3 The luck factor is to be applied only to Ores except Gold for obvious reasons (1.18.(2) update with the Y=0 to Y=-64 layer addition).

I agree with NotWeirdGuy
Everything else is BS
That aint an exploit,literally every1 does it
Ppl will be able to build more ships

And yeah salt why not,the only option is clicking rn. Why not make it automated,whats the hurt that people are complaining about?

Nerf fries stats? Return to baked potato? Person that doesnt even play or a clown,cant tell,maybe both. Maybe use another "money sink" response @Taakot.
Throw ur cash on the toilet IRL it will reduce inflation by 0.000000000000000000000001%

The guy already said on the title,its quality of life improvements,not sth different.

@S3xyBerry You resorted to insults which I won't even comment about. Your only valid opinion-haver Zaify has acknowdged the Fries problem and nerfed them, so go return to baked potato and cry to me simply because my vision and opinion on Fries just so happened to coincide with Zaify's.

Also, the "quality of life" label certainly already fooled you, I can also propose gold to be $1000 each ingot and call it quality of life lmao. There is a clear line/distinction between buff and QOL which you might not be able to understand - and that's ok, not everyone is an expert on game balancing, just like not everyone is meant for every job or hobby that exists in the world.

I think the original ideas behind salt not being automated are two, one because it was used in a Slimefun add-on (Exotic Garden) instead of the base plugin itself, and two because food does not make sense to be automated, in a way.

I also highly agree with @phoenix_fire , you literally get a considerable amount of clay for terracotta from panning gravel. And never mind that you can literally create concrete (minus the dye) literally from cobble/andesite/granite/diorite, since you can produce sand and gravel with them alone.

Ive had some thoughts about it and honestly I agree with only part 2 of this suggestion besides maybe the first part, in the sense its something we all do but theres no need to make it a feature if it already works. Terra is already incredibly easy to obtain

I can get enough terracotta for a dread in less than 6 hours by just mining a tunnel from one city to another and picking up the random clay that appears