Calamity is known to be a mixed bag when it comes to people's opinion towards it. some people love it, some hate it. personally, i'm not a big fan of it, it's simply too ambitious of a project to tackle. i much prefer something lighter on content, like Thorium mod. perhaps, you just find Calamity's volume of content overwhelming.

meanwhile, some QoL mods genuinely make the gameplay loop more streamlined by removing the downtime the grinding and storage management give out. if i'd ever revisit the game, I would for sure slap some QoL for a Vanilla+ experience.