So is there a GOOD point to crafting Shards/Crystals?

[Simaril]

They should track the Market Board sale price, and make NPCs sell stuff at the average Market Board price. This way NPC pricing is ruled by the player created economy, instead of the other way around.


I believe the increase in supply would decrease the price on the Market Board, and maybe discourage RMT bots? I'm sure they'll always find a way to turn a profit

[Vagrant-0]

I believe the increase in supply would decrease the price on the Market Board, and maybe discourage RMT bots? I'm sure they'll always find a way to turn a profit

Currently crystals are the best way to earn money across all servers, regardless of economy, regardless of level. For being something you can do with a level 10 battle class and level 1 gathering class this is silly. The high cost of crystals currently serves no benefit to crafters or the economy. Making it always subject to supply and demand will never work to the benefit of honest players since almost everyone would prefer to do something interesting instead of running between the same 4 nodes for several hours. Meanwhile bots can continue to exploit this and fund RMT easily.

Yes, bots can be made for other stuff. But that other stuff quickly becomes less profitable, harder to script, and easier to track.

[Simaril]

Currently crystals are the best way to earn money across all servers, regardless of economy, regardless of level.

I'm not sure what your definition of "best" is. But at every gathering node below lv 20 I've found something more profitable to gather than crystals. "Best" for bots maybe... for all the reasons you identified.

Yes, bots can be made for other stuff. But that other stuff quickly becomes less profitable, harder to script, and easier to track.

Maybe they should leave it be for now so SE has an easy way to find bots?