RMT are now advertising crystal/shards - Shards need changed

[Rillifane]

in version 1.0 you could do shard from fishes.

Which was a terrible introduction to alchemy, it's a good thing they removed that. It was much better with the old cluster to crystals and crystals to shards without the fish to all of them good old HQin'g a cluster to crystal synth and getting back 4 clusters instead lol.

But they should at least make it so you can get shards randomly from gathering itself like in 1.0 and still have the selectable shards for if you want to purely focus on gathering the shards

[Makomin]

RMT bots have a huge advantage over players in the area of shards, because bots don't give a damn about their exp. Shards need to give better exp so players don't feel like they're wasting time gathering them.

[Zzyn]

RMT bots have a huge advantage over players in the area of shards, because bots don't give a damn about their exp. Shards need to give better exp so players don't feel like they're wasting time gathering them.

^^^ Agreed!

[Shiyo]

Why is it the only answer to RMT in these threads is to make it so prevalent its worthless? Surely gatherer classes need to have a point even for low level players.

Because once RMT are gone shards will skyrocket in price. There needs to be more way to gain an item in such high demand. You can use up 1k shards in 30 mins of crafting at 50. Enemies need to drop shards again and fishing + cooking needs shard synth as well as alchemy needing a cluster to crystal and crystal to shard synth.

Also the fact that shards are the best gil/hour right now as a 50 miner/botanist shows it will be even better once RMT are gone, meaning leveling mining/botany is a waste of time. That's bad design, higher level should equal more gil.

[Camate]

Greetings,

The Special Task Force is not only combating RMT solicitation, but they're also taking action against users who use teleport cheats to gather and battle over and over. The team has been looking over every report submitted and taking action against users found to be involved in RMT activity, so we greatly appreciate you continued efforts in reporting these players.

[Ryios]

What?

So your saying crabbing a pick axe as a level 1 miner and farming 300+ shards an hour is difficult and not efficient?

Man... Ever played FFXI? In ffxi the only way to get crystals was off Elementals (Sprites) that spawned in various places under certain weather conditions and every crafter needed 1 crystal per synth just like this game...

This game is 100000* easier when it comes to getting shards...

"Give an inch, want a mile" I guess.

[Noroi_Kisaragi]

Greetings,

The Special Task Force is not only combating RMT solicitation, but they're also taking action against users who use teleport cheats to gather and battle over and over. The team has been looking over every report submitted and taking action against users found to be involved in RMT activity, so we greatly appreciate you continued efforts in reporting these players.

And how large is this "Special Task Force"? It's been weeks and I still see the same old people spamming my /tell and /shout. My blacklist is getting larger by the day.

If you're seeing shouts and tells by the same old people, then they are obviously not in your blacklist...

Yeah sometimes they have really weird names and othertimes i'm too busy to have to open a blacklist, memorize the complete gibberish these guys PUT in their names, and type said gibberish into blacklist. If im getting spammed by tells i obviously have to take the time to do that, but if Square Enix would simply add an option to right click -> blacklist i wouldn't be experiencing this problem.

[Estellios]

What?

So your saying crabbing a pick axe as a level 1 miner and farming 300+ shards an hour is difficult and not efficient?

Man... Ever played FFXI? In ffxi the only way to get crystals was off Elementals (Sprites) that spawned in various places under certain weather conditions and every crafter needed 1 crystal per synth just like this game...

This game is 100000* easier when it comes to getting shards...

"Give an inch, want a mile" I guess.

It's really only awful for cooking. You need 5-6 of 2 types of shards for a single piece of food, and food is made in large quantities so yeah....

It's extremely imbalanced for cooking. I would be fine with just lowering the shard amount needed for food.

It's not nearly as bad for the other crafts IMO.

[Bharata_Senka]

And how large is this "Special Task Force"? It's been weeks and I still see the same old people spamming my /tell and /shout. My blacklist is getting larger by the day.

If you're seeing shouts and tells by the same old people, then they are obviously not in your blacklist...

[Callence]

What can be done to stem the tide of the gill seller spam? They are somehow able to send /t to us players and spam goldseller sites - Normally they get blacklisted, but something has to be done now to end their annoying spam.

Please assist.