So many people talking about how to improve spammable Long rest ...
Nobody mentioned why should we. O_o
I think the big reason they actually need to be fixed is because of the way they're tied to companion story progession. If you want to experience all that the companions have to offer, you HAVE to spam long rests, because there's no other way to be sure you're not missing things. And often, it feels like you definitely will miss stuff if you don't spam them. This is an occasion where the game really does make you do something you might not want to do, which is your constant argument against changing things. If you don't like resting really often and don't like how much easier that makes the game, but you also want to experience the companion story, which is a significant aspect of the game, then you're out of luck. You have to choose between either playing the game in a way you don't enjoy or missing out on a part of the game you do enjoy. Either way, you're losing. So for that reason if nothing else, the long rest system needs to change somehow.
