shard yeilding

[ShinkuTachi]

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One thing this doesn't take into account is the price for each, the size in stacks of other mats, how fast they are selling, other servers economies, undercutters, and items farmed, shared, and sold across multiple accounts with multiple retainers. It also doesn't take into account that the RMTs are farming everything under the sun. If shards were the only thing truly profitable any everything else is a waste of time, why would they bother farming anything else. That reason alone supports the "They would move on to something else" logic that both Hvinire and I brought up.

Increasing the amount of shards that can be acquired will have little influence on RMTs, as they are scoring on all profitable mats.

[Tarta]

So Tarta reached 35 Carpentry, yay!
Now Tarta realized that he ran out of Wind shards...boo.
Tarta went to market since he realize gathering those Wind shards was incredibly time consuming, and Tarta is wary of using shady auto-program cuz that be cheating huh.
Bought 100 Wind shards for 7000 because that was cheapest. Whoa that's harsh.
Tarta will make his money back, you just watch...oh wait.
Tarta realized that he just also ran out of Earth Shards...
Omg, Earth Shards are 10K for 100...that doesn't even make sense?!
I can't even make anything that doesn't use less than 4 shards that would sell for profit.

Tarta reached a conundrum.
Tarta threw crafting aside and will come back to it after selling his Tank Body in runs when he's 50 and fat and jolly.
That's what Tarta did.
Thanks Shards! Tarta fears your might now.

[Radamanthe]

Did Tarta think about gathering things ? Some people use money to obtain what they need while others use time. Just a matter of choice.

[Resheph]

Since launch, of the 20+ names I have black listed for RMT spam, only one account has been deleted. Just sayin'.

[Shallowdeep]

On Topic
With the way that we gather shards.
I would like to see implemented, that if you are gathering shards you get more shards if you hit an HQ. Depending on you gear you can get more shards if you have more perception and like other nodes you get HQ mat..
With Shards you should be able to get more shards if you can hit it as HQ.

I still would like to see other ways to get shards besides gathering. It is a tidiest way of getting way of getting shards for crafting.

[ShinkuTachi]

On Topic
With the way that we gather shards.
I would like to see implemented, that if you are gathering shards you get more shards if you hit an HQ. Depending on you gear you can get more shards if you have more perception and like other nodes you get HQ mat..

With Shards you should be able to get more shards if you can hit it as HQ.

I still would like to see other ways to get shards besides gathering. It is a tidiest way of getting way of getting shards for crafting.

That is a great idea, and I added it to the list of suggestions that can be found HERE, at my question for Live Letter X.

Please everyone, click the link to the question and 'like' the question to let the devs know that you would like to see some changes concerning shard gathering.

Thank you, everyone ^_^

[AnimaAnimus]

SE should just set up a few bogus gil-seller websites that they can change the name of periodically and advertise via /sh here and there (not spam like we see today but if they do it mildly its fine) then when someone goes to buy gil BAM account banned!

This would get rid of the gil buyers and sellers in one swoop. Buyers because of the insta-ban and sellers because it would create fear in buyers of an insta-ban so ppl would be less likely to buy. 2 birds with 1 stone.

As for shards, they should make them standard mob drops like in xi and v1 anyway. Forcing a crafter to not only farm items but also 10 shards for 1 synth is pretty nasty

[Maku]

SE should just set up a few bogus gil-seller websites that they can change the name of periodically and advertise via /sh here and there (not spam like we see today but if they do it mildly its fine) then when someone goes to buy gil BAM account banned!

In the states I believe you call it "entrapment" and thus it would be maybe not illegal but unethical for sure.

[CianaIezuborn]

SE should just set up a few bogus gil-seller websites that they can change the name of periodically and advertise via /sh here and there (not spam like we see today but if they do it mildly its fine) then when someone goes to buy gil BAM account banned!

Hi NotSonyBogusGilSeller, I'd like to purchase $1 dollar worth of gil. My character name? Yes, it's Lynara Zerrshia. Oh no you banned me! You've outsmarted me again Yoshi with your superior wits! When will I learn

[AnimaAnimus]

Hi NotSonyBogusGilSeller, I'd like to purchase $1 dollar worth of gil. My character name? Yes, it's Lynara Zerrshia. Oh no you banned me! You've outsmarted me again Yoshi with your superior wits! When will I learn

yeah that could be an issue lol

since I have never purchased gil or gold in any game Im not exactly sure how it works, but I guess all they need is your char name. Ok I rescind my idea lol