Quote Originally Posted by Chiramu View Post
If you buy shards off the market board you are supporting RMT. RMT botters get gil to sell by gathering shards.
That they do, but if they didn't make them so mind numbingly difficult to obtain via any method but bot-like grind I'd be harvesting my own like I do crystals and clusters. Until then I'll be buying shards on the marketboard from whoever can supply them cheapest.