I go through over 10k shards/week, If I were to gather that it would take me almost 15 hours. That just doesn't seem worth it for level 1 items. Prices on shards have skyrocketed since 2.2 and the volume on the market board at any time is very low. I was hoping ventures would help solve this issue but they really don't. 120 shards per 40 mins + 4 ventures, there's really better things to send them to do. If you could break crystals into 5 shards for example, then we would be getting closer to reasonable returns.