I would like to see the gathering of the shards give EXP in proportion of the gatherer's current level. As of now, shards gathering is the single most tedious thing in this game for me, and from the sound of it it's also what the bots profit from for the identical reason. The actual reward for the DoL is minimal, while it is something that Has To Be Done.

Doesn't need to be huge proportion of EXP, but at least make it enough that the gathering don't feel like a complete sentence.