Do activities get better?

I played a good amount for the first two weeks of the game coming out, but stopped the other day as it got too repetitive and boring. I got to the third zone and it seems like its the same thing over and over: go to an area, activate rift anchor, find chests. Repeat 4-5 times and do a boss. This wouldn't be too bad, but I don't feel a sense of progression as I already had memetics for 2 tiers higher than what resources I could find.

Combat is also really easy. I crafted a fire axe and basically one-shot everything and the AI doesn't really know what to do if I'm next to a mob (same for bosses, I could just stand there and hit it until it died). Does this even out later or is this game not for me?