shard yeilding

[ruinedmirage]

Um ............ Leves, anyone? Turning in a single item to get back like 5-10 times it used to make it, plus the bonus xp is way better than farming level 1 shards. Not to mention triple turn ins.......

[RyuujinZERO]

Um ............ Leves, anyone? Turning in a single item to get back like 5-10 times it used to make it, plus the bonus xp is way better than farming level 1 shards. Not to mention triple turn ins.......

Except:
a) Leves are already in incredibly short supply for actually leveling your craft skills in the first place, without having to decide between good xp, or good reward
b) Most leves only break even at best in the shards they offer (remember most projects require 2 types of shard, and require processing of base materials, ie. flax into yarn into linen into product)
c) The rewards offered for any given leve are random. It's far from guaranteed that a relevant leve will yield shards

[Revoked]

Um ............ Leves, anyone? Turning in a single item to get back like 5-10 times it used to make it, plus the bonus xp is way better than farming level 1 shards. Not to mention triple turn ins.......

Unfortunately, for weaver at least, that's not even remotely true once you get past early levels. Let's use the example from Ciana:

Linen Chausses(33 recipe)
Total mats:
14 flax
40 shards

How many shards do you get for turning those in as a leve reward as a weaver? 6. A net loss of 34 shards. The most I have seen rewarded as a weaver is 18...for a triple turn in that probably cost well over 20 lightning shard per item turned in. Most likely closer to 40. At least for weavers, the shard rewards for leve quests are rarely anything like what you need to craft.