Hi everyone!

I had a friend tell me about this game and I watched them play the alpha - it seems like a lot of fun! I understand that it's just in alpha - but I'm curious where everyone thinks the game is headed (obviously beyond what the devs have released thus far). It's pretty in-depth with crafting and building, which is pretty exciting to see in a game like this. Among all the well-thought-out and developed features, I'm concerned about one thing: game progression.
Right now, it seems like you're primarily grinding to gather materials - whether it's harvesting trees and plants to get reagents to make killer equipment or build a homestead, or killing beasts to gain new abilities and skills (a cool feature, in my opinion). However, without even a loose storyline, it seems like it could stale out pretty quickly.
Granted, it'll be a large map - three planets with multiple continents leave plenty of content to explore - but I'm thinking there has to be some kind of 'legend' or 'tales' feature that can very generally guide players or suggest next steps - even if not in the traditional 'quest' format. I understand the game is in Alpha and there's a lot of development still coming along! I just hope that their plans kind of bring a bit of focus or lore to gameplay.
I'm curious what everyone is expecting or hoping to see in the coming releases?