Please SE consider these ideas

[Welsper59]

I'm guessing you're referring primarily to shards, rather than crystals. As crystals/clusters are actually pretty easy to meet needs with small quantities, unlike shards, where we're essentially relying on RMT to meet the needs LOL.

[i2agnarok]

I'm guessing you're referring primarily to shards, rather than crystals. As crystals/clusters are actually pretty easy to meet needs with small quantities, unlike shards, where we're essentially relying on RMT to meet the needs LOL.

Ah. If it was supposed to be shards, yes, that would explain why I was so confused, and this would make more sense.

However, even if we were talking about crystals, the idea of conversion is pretty interesting. Keep in mind, I'm not a crafter by any stretch of the imagination (as you can tell by my Lodestone profile), but it sounds like a decent enough idea on paper. Maybe not with the exact same method/requirements, but the concept itself sounds useful.