Sorry about that, but considering the tone of the OP it looked like a troll post, not really worth responding.
Acheron pick has always been a weird bastard. It has (or used to have?) a higher harvest ratio than hardened steel, but considerably lower durability, so you always ended up with fewer resources per pick with it than with hardened steel.
But, like black ice arrows that are made out of hardened steel but are worse, I guess sometimes applying fancier technology to an existing appliance doesn’t make it better. Just like I don’t need an AI or internet connection to my coffee machine.
Does it make sense out of a game design perspective? No, not really. If Acheronian tools were looted from mid-tier bosses, I could understand the weird tiering, but as they’re craftable, but worse than the more easily crafted tools you can also get as loot, they currently have no role in the game.
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