Can we just remove shards from the game?

[Riko_Futatabi]

In 1.0 Alchemist did that. They break cluster into shards or crystals. Also they break down fish into shards too. The problem was that the Wards were so overflow with shards that they cost nothing even comparing to ARR prices.

I don't see shards costing almost nothing as a problem. If my suggestion of reviving an older way of obtaining shards came to be, I doubt people would even care about shard prices. Most would probably be glad that they could gather their own shards relatively quick compared to the current pace.