I didn't have to kill the Karakul en masse for Fleece, either.

Issue was mainly because I couldn't, though. They were always camped by regular players and infested with a multitude of teleporting bots. I personally don't mind things being grindy or difficult at times, but face it, Diremite Web and Fleece were an utterly ridiculous bottleneck, whether you got them from leves or not. At least I've yet to have the luck to have guaranteed Diremite Webs or Fleece from the triple turn-in leves, I get shards as a reward far more often. And yes, I'm aware that leve rewards are randomized with every leve completition and every few hours, still doesn't change the fact that two different players may have 2 full stacks of Fleece by the time they're 50 or just a handful that's not even enough for your class quests.