[Rant] Shards, Crystals, and Clusters...

[Mysticdraggon]

who else thinks that these need to go or make it so that they are more convenient?

this resource has annoyed me ever since i begun crafting and has mostly wasted my time as well as my retainer's progression. not to mention that the number required for each craft are increasing as i progress.

overall, im still obtaining one shard, crystal, or cluster per gathering swing, and the quantity can only be increased with an expensive 400 GP or plain luck.

[XLauncher]

Gathering crystals and clusters becomes laughably trivial once your gatherer classes break into their 50s and access Aetherial Reduction. Give it time, and you'll be sitting on thousands of these things like the rest of us.

[Chiramu]

Shards are the most annoying to gather because you need to get them from the most trivial content. Crystals and Clusters are very easy to attain in comparison.

[Lexia]

Crystals and Clusters are easy to get and shards are dirt cheap on my server, so not really a problem for me. Or really for anyone else that able to make decent gil crafting.

[Chiramu]

Crystals and Clusters are easy to get and shards are dirt cheap on my server, so not really a problem for me. Or really for anyone else that able to make decent gil crafting.

If you buy shards off the market board you are supporting RMT. RMT botters get gil to sell by gathering shards.

[Lexia]

If you buy shards off the market board you are supporting RMT. RMT botters get gil to sell by gathering shards.

Well SE bet do better job of getting rid of them, cause otherwise not my worry. You have fun gathering those thousands of shards if you want.

[BucklesTrespen]

Gathering crystals and clusters becomes laughably trivial once your gatherer classes break into their 50s and access Aetherial Reduction. Give it time, and you'll be sitting on thousands of these things like the rest of us.

Didn't they nerf the return on reduction? Been getting around 30 for an 8/8 reduction in SB nodes. Do the HW nodes still give bucketloads - I haven't checked.

[savageink]

If you buy shards off the market board you are supporting RMT. RMT botters get gil to sell by gathering shards.

the same could be said about any easily gatherable mat.

[Rocond]

I wouldn't mind shards being eliminated from the game. All those recipes should just be converted to crystals.

[Mysticdraggon]

Gathering crystals and clusters becomes laughably trivial once your gatherer classes break into their 50s and access Aetherial Reduction. Give it time, and you'll be sitting on thousands of these things like the rest of us.

i'm not.

or at least for some shards. i'm literally doing everything i can to obtain them, including multitasking when gathering hidden items, using treasure maps, killing spirits, etc etc. but i cant seem to get as many shards as a use when crafting. anything that has to do with these resources are expensive and usually not worth it even if when i do find a good price.

in general, im above level 50, and what you've pictured is simply not happening to me anytime soon.