No Thanks. We don't need to go back to +2 or +3 items. The end product will still clutter inventory because you still need mats + now the wards will once again have +2/+3 items which have already been made antiquated. So we're wasting SEs time asking to re-add all these items.

So one would argue: well +1/2/3 shards/crystals dont take up space.

^ You still have to have mats. If you want to HQ stock up on +1s if you dont then stock on NQs. If you dont know what should or should not be HQd then you need to stop crafting and start researching.