yeah im not a fan of these shrines. i'm finding some of them to be very stupid where i actually have to go online and look up videos to figure out what the fuck kind of god forsaken creation i'm supposed to build because i probably wouldnt be able to figure it out on my own or id be stuck monkeying around for like an hour just to do a shrine. i never had any issues at all like that in BOTW i could figure everything out easy, but all these shrines keep containing weird new gadget that i dont really know what they are or anything. can't say i'm a fan of it.
itll probably be alot more intuitive to me on a second playthrough, but i cant really say that i'm liking any of these shrines. im gonna slog through them all anyways though. the ultrahand + rewind trick has been a godsend though lol.
i did my 20 shrines and dumped it all on a second stamina wheel just so i could get the master sword, and then after i got the sword i respec'ed to ditch the second stamina wheel for hearts because i would much rather have the extra life right now. they say that respeccing is easy, and it is, but only if you complete one of the dungeons first to unlock the quest to unlock the quick path to the horned statue.
well i ended up having to take the long way through the royal hidden passageway underneath the hyrule castle, and man i gotta say, i would be fair dinkum pissed the fuck off if i wasnt using an infinite durability cheat. i must have had to smash through over 500 rocks before i made it there. you would probably have to max your weapon slots with deku seeds and then fill your whole damn inventory up with rock hammers and that still probably wouldnt be enough to get you to the statue before all of your shit breaks.
for anybody who's looking for a way to swap hearts for stamina or vice versa really early on in the game before doing any dungeons, go here:
https://gamingintel.com/how-to-respec-your-hearts-and-stamina-in-zelda-totk/
most other sites will refer you to do the Who Goes There quest. i found it a bit tricky to find anything that had any video or guide to go it the long way but i knew there was another method, and this one worked for me