I myself like to fight the biters but I can understand why some people don't want to. The biters don't seem smart enough to understand trading so maybe you could implement some sort of sacrifice system. You give them something like fish for example, and they would give you artifacts so you would not...

I think adding wind power would be a cool addition and bring more ways to generate energy through the night without steam engines and making elaborate solar arrays with accumulators. You could also have different wind speeds to go with it. Another option could be hydroelectric if flowing rivers were...