I stated months ago that we needed an open world crafting system, with respawnable ressources. And make the gathering random and skill dependant. The better the skill, the more you gather. You could always sell ressources to vendor if there was to much, a good way to make money for honest people, as opposed to stealing and murdering.
I am so upset.
And yes, it is supposed there are companions AND henchmen, it was onnonced in KS campaign. I still haven't seen any henchmen yet.