Quote Originally Posted by SturmChurro View Post
There has to be. This needs to be addressed. It's ridiculous. I am going in on tank with essence and the best I can pull is a silver the majority of the time in zone 3 and that's me rushing in as soon as it's popped! I can pull a gold on occasion, but it's more of a waste of time than anything else - the travel time and no reward.
Do you have the riding map yet? They cost 25 crystals I think. Alternatively the SDS Fenrir has the movement speed boost enabled in there if you don't want to grind the crystals.

I was having trouble getting to them at first until I started using the bike and even less trouble as I unlocked more aetherytes. Also cheesing as tank is the best way to go about it IMO.