Clusters → Crystals → Shards

[DukeGr]

They dont do this to allow people that dont want to gather or craft and are outta gill to farm 30min lvl 1 shards and make 20k gil. In fact i know at least a dozen players that refuse to craft or gather or do w/e and just farm instances till they are out of cash in which they go farm some shards to sell.

And since high end crafters will not waste their time gathering this stuff everyone buys it from the market. Now if they allow breaking down higher tier elementals to lower ones i could go farm a few clusters with my lvl 50 DoL and i can make with the above schematics 100 Clusters = 500 Crystals = 2500 Shards in like no time afking the spot in Mor Dohna. Hence making shards super cheap and easy to get rendering them useless.

[Grundy]

--Opinions--

I don't completely follow your logic there, if they don't craft or gather, how can they farm shards? I understand your concerns though, which is why I suggested only 5 per break, and it would require a leveled alchemist to complete the break. The idea may need some refinement, granted, it's just a concept!

[DukeGr]

I don't completely follow your logic there, if they don't craft or gather, how can they farm shards? I understand your concerns though, which is why I suggested only 5 per break, and it would require a leveled alchemist to complete the break. The idea may need some refinement, granted, it's just a concept!

Logic is that noone will farm shards anymore cause it wont be efficient, people will either farm clusters or crystals. Low level people that dont wanna bother crafting or gathering will be cut off from a basic cashflow income. There are serious problems with all the solutions even the current implementation favors bots. I am certain this system will change with future patches, for the better or the worst we cant know yet, i just hope its in favor of the players and not bots again.

[Espi]

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It's not efficient now. How efficient is a level 1 gathering item for leveling a gathering class? Those that can't be bothered with leveling a DoH/DoL should be cut off from earning an income relevant to those classes. Those players that just want to run instances still earn gil from killing mobs in those instances, not to mention the coffers and the items (and allagan pieces) they can recieve and then turn around and sell. "Battle class only" players have enough avenues to earn gil.

+1 to the idea of allowing alchemy to break down clusters/crystals as that would make the job relevant.