[Trexmaster]

I feel like I should point toward a few threads I've already made not only pertaining directly to the matter of shard gathering, but also that of the grind itself.

On grinding:

Thread 1: here  (since this thread we at least got extra mob spawns in the 1-60 dungeons and dark amplifier but that introduced problems of its own that I addressed in thread 2)
Thread 2: here

On shard gathering:

Thread 1: here (request for a crystal terminal upgrade to allow players to view their shard count per zone to make collecting them far easier, as they'll know which areas to look in)
Thread 2: here (request to allow players to toggle visibility of already gathered shards so party leaders can help party members who haven't gathered all shards)

I am of the mind that we should not be encouraging purposeful inconvenience for the sake of monetary gain. A terminal upgrade seems more than fair to me as players will have to invest cypelle or whatever into what is purely a convenience for those who want it as opposed to paying to skip the task altogether.

As for the grind, well. I like to think my recent thread (grinding Thread 2) covers the current issues with it well enough.