Quote Originally Posted by Kenji1134 View Post
I have been pondering a way to possibly fix some of the "rampant hacking" thats been going on lately, namely with bots teleporting underground to endlessly farm shards/crystals.

The idea is very simple, make shards and crystals a vendor item.

Leave them on nodes so people can gather them, but make them available from vendors, for a relatively low price.
Lets say 25 gil per shard and 100 per crystal, well below typical market prices.

With shards and crystals being readily available from vendors at a set price, the bot based fuel market will be hard capped, and crafters will not have to spend hell knows how long gathering shards, or running around trying to farm Moraines. Granted those will still be viable options and Moraines will be cheaper in the long run than buying crystals... But it is an option nonetheless.
I'd like cheap shard but... Gatherer's gonna mad because it's part of how they get money lol.