Suggestion about shards, gathering them and their yield

[Tiraelina]

I really feel like gathering just needs to be re-evaluated after the changes they made. Nothing is more brainless than shard gathering and you get nothing but shards for the same effort as any other item. It's really silly with how nodes work now where its one or other. It implies shards have the same value as anything else on the list. Deep Vigor/Brunt Force have been made extremely situational due to the attempt changes, probably to the point of not even being worth the GP cost. I can't even admire the environment anymore because all of the nodes are in tight little bunches.

If you want to know how sloppy I find these changes, just look at Ward of the Twelve II.

[savarah]

Mmm, i'd quite like an increase in xp per shard.
I may be bad at the game for running out compared to my friend but 1 shard for 8 xp.. in the time i gathered enough, i could have gained 2 normal levels ;(
If it must be low xp then please more than 1....

[Vagdal]

I certainly would welcoem some changes regarding gathering shards. Not only you dont progress while gathering but yields are incredibly small compared to how many you actually have to go through while crafting. Especially once in higher level when you need 2 kinds of shards.
Either they should increase the yield of lower ward costs at least by half.

[Callaren]

I said it before and I'll say it again: let clusters be broken down to a few crystals and crystals into a few clusters. The gatherer can use a new ability to do this and get similar exp to what a crafter gets for the similar level craft. More exp for gatherers, shards/crystals farmed faster.

[Drako]

For the people upset about exp gain they could fix that by putting the shards on higher level harvesting points and make them the level of that point. As far as increasing the yield I'll agree I'd like to get more when I'm harvesting for my craft but at the same time I fully understand that any change they do make to the drop rate will effect everything I try to sell on the market. better yield will end up equiling more work for me down the road because I'll have to make more things on my craft.

[Mugaaz]

For the people upset about exp gain they could since that by putting the shards on higher level harvesting points and make them the level of that point. As far as increasing the yield I'll agree I'd like to get more when I'm harvesting for my craft but at the same time I fully understand that any change they do make to the drop rate will effect everything I try to sell on the market. better yield will end up equiling more work for me down the road because I'll have to make more things on my craft.

I'd be more than happy if shards were always = to your level, or at the very least = to the level of the node.

[Lillpapps]

You should get XP depending on the lvl of the node you are farming from and not depending on the lvl of the item you are farming.