Crystals and clusters are beyond easy to get now compared to 2.0 days. I gathered 9999 of almost every crystal waiting for SB. Shards kinda suck still but only 2.0 recipes really only use them anyway. I would LOVE it if they brought back the 1.0 days of turning fish into shards (but turn them into crystals now) and being able to turn other shards/crystals into other shards/crystals.