I am now level 45 weavers and the number of shards I now need for a single triple turn in is getting scary. To make a single Woolen Smock I need 55 shards or so, I need to make 9 for the triple turn-in, so we're getting pretty damn close to 500.

495 shards is a LOT, I mean how long does it take to even gather that many? Assuming you get to use a brand every 10 nodes or so (probably more) that's like 50 shards on 10 nodes. And mining 10 nodes while not THAT long still takes longer than it takes a crafter to go through 50 shards.

At the moment it's not too bad, there are lots of players getting a ton of shards from low level crafting quests and selling those, but eventually this source will dry up, and unless people start making new characters in order to get shards, we'll need to get our shards from gatherers, which will probably start selling them for much more considering how long it takes to get a meaningful amount of the damn things.

Am I the only one seeing a problem here?