The wild growth was good! I guess I just didn't have the right priorities and I unlocked it a little late but I think it can work well! (Honestly it's probably my fault because I delayed getting the hermit root upgrade because I wanted to up my gold gain... maybe making the root a bit cheaper could work? idunno) Despite this, I still had a very good time! The pace never felt like actually painfully slow, just a bit of a bounce which is fine for me.