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

[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.

[Mysticdraggon]

so while im here, i would like to suggest a few things. either one of these options would be fair IMO.

1. add a level 50 or 51 trait to each crafter that allows them to not use shards.

2. decrease the GP required for each Ward. players should not have to spend enormous amounts of GP when it comes to the quantity of such a simple yet required resource.

3. create more crystal and shard gathering ventures past level 26-30. if my retainer is going to spend a lot of time gathering these much needed resources, he/she might as well be getting a decent amount of EXP while doing so.

[Felis]

1. add a level 50 or 51 trait to each crafter that allows them to not use shards.
2. decrease the GP required for each Ward. players should not have to spend enormous amounts of GP when it comes to the quantity of such a simple yet required resource.

1. add a lv 60 recipe that allow a blacksmith to create shards with hammering on crystals
2. meld gp materia in your gatherer gear