These little touches which were fixed back in FFXI were great back then. Instead of having some sort of newer system for crafters like many of us on here including myself would appreciate, SE has stepped backwards.

I've had to stop in mid crafting more times than i can count because of a low count of shards. And farming those is like watching paint dry. 1 per swing for mining and same for the bot unless you have your 400GP available in which case you get more but then have to wait again for GP.. and round and round we go...zzzz

Some of the synths as you get closer to 50 require 4-5 shards per synth and that's not even the finished product, that is JUST for the mats to make the final product.
And here i thought that SE learned from their past mistakes and corrected them for ARR.
I guess i am mistaken..