Can we just remove shards from the game?

[EvianEverdeen]

I used to think gathering shards was such a chore until a friend in the FC suggested I use the wards while doing it. Prior to that, I thought the gathering rate on retainers didn't justify them collecting shards. Retainers gathering crystals on the other hand is leaving me with a plentiful supply...

What wards? I don't have a gathering retainer leveled up yet, so I'm not sure what you mean.

[gornotck]

What wards? I don't have a gathering retainer leveled up yet, so I'm not sure what you mean.

Between leveling Botanist and Miner, not a retainer, you get six Wards that increase their specific aetheric attribute shard collection (and eventually crystal and clusters) by 2 for 400 GP. So it increases the amount of shards you can get from a single node to between 12 and 15 as you get 3 shards per gathering action.

[LukeStuz]

Between leveling Botanist and Miner, not a retainer, you get six Wards that increase their specific aetheric attribute shard collection (and eventually crystal and clusters) by 2 for 400 GP. So it increases the amount of shards you can get from a single node to between 12 and 15 as you get 3 shards per gathering action.

or if you're like me, when i gather shards, i use the elemental gathering bonus that some nodes give so i can get 16 as you get x4 shards from 1 node, and i believe you can do that with crystals but cannot confirm that, but what i would love is a way to get x4 of the clusters since they are a timed node and i hate having to wait for them when i have dailies to do which can take upto 3-4 hours if i do all my beast tribe quest, DR bonuses, and then trying to do my coil / ex primal farms / win.

[Xavier_Fanesthre]

I'm working my armourer at the minute (with blacksmith left to go). I should look into this elemental gathering bonus as I am desperately short of ice shards (and a little cash at the minute, trying to finish overmelding my GSM).

[Xavier_Fanesthre]

What gornotck said! Just add the second set of wards as cross-class skills to the class you're using!