How to level DOH

[TomTom1968]

Can you expand on the "need more shards" hell issue? Can you just go out and gather them when you run low?

You can but who wants to spend so many hours during the week to gather them all? I have 2 retainers I only use for shards. The latest patch brought some ease because they doubled the amount of shards they can bring you back. But when you start levelling all crafters at the same time, you need hundreds of shards of each sort. Then we don't talk about "go out and gather a few" but we talk about "spend your entire evening with botting eeh shards farming".

A few weeks ago, I went and upgraded all my DOH to 3 star recipies by getting the iLevel 70 tools. To make all the necessary items, I needed several thousand shards, Crystals not counted in. Such amounts are not farmed too easily I can tell you lol. If you level all DOH at once and not only do leves but actually craft everything that is in your book, you are in a similiar situation. Hence the recommendation to gather a lot of them in advance if you plan to level them all up simultaneously. Not saying it is not doable but don't underestimate the amount of shards you will need.