Quote Originally Posted by bass9020 View Post
They do become much more convenient, but you are choosing to ignore that. Ephemeral Nodes solve this issue once you get to it. It seems more like a first world problem. You don't need a FC or housing to do them so get to the correct level for them and you are good to go. Not really sure why this is such an issue?
i tried it and ive already found the issue. i absolutely hate notes that only appear for a certain period of time and have a certain amount of items. i hate waiting for them to appear only to gather them the one time and wait for the next one to appear. im looking up more popular methods of shard farming and this was never brought up. it boils down to markets and retainers because apparently nobody likes to waste time farming these resources.

im sorry, but this is not helping. i'm still wasting time i could be spending actually progressing in the game.

in the end, i will bring up my original point. farming for shards is a waste of my time and my retainer's progression. im not looking for other options or tips since most of them are either from a try-hard perspective or are simply a waste of time. im looking for concepts to make the system better for casual players.