Anyone else feel like getting crystals is a giant pain? they take 7 crushed barnacles as well as some fireflies. you can only make them 1 at a time. and yet they seem to be worth as much as anything else I might contribute to a project.
I don't think they are so much of a pain, more an energy sapper with catching the fireflies. And if you only manage to catch 6 it is hard(ish) to get rid of them to completely empty your jar without catching new ones.
It's fun collecting the fireflies and barnies. And I think it's meant to be relatively hard so the project doesn't get completed quickly by just one person... though it would be better if firefly collecting was more collaborative.