Crafting, in it's current state, requires a mass quantity of low level mats(shards) for each and every recipe. This is GREAT for RMTs as we all have seen the Auction Boards and know exactly who is profiting from this system. What are my current options?

1. I can spend an hours and hours grinding nodes.....it becomes VERY time consuming for those of us that want to stay legit.

2. I can buy shards, knowing that I am helping to feed a RMT's family for the week.

So I have two suggestions that could help reduce the price of shards, and therefore reduce the appeal to those taking advantage of the system.

1. Give all DoL and DoH a skill at level 50 which allows them to break apart or combine crystals. An example would be 1 Cluster -> 3 Crystals. 1 Crystal -> 5 Shards. The same would apply to the reverse order when combining shards.

2. Give all DoL and DoH a skill at level 50 which allows them to convert any shard/crystal/cluster to that of a different type.