Quote Originally Posted by Sparton_LOTB View Post
Well... I'm not sure what to say. You say you desperately want more, but you don't want more. Like, I'll grant you that more could be given out (and my current numbers do bump skill shard average rewards for higher tiers), but there seems to be such a disconnect between the expectations that we both have that I don't know if any kind of middleground would satisfy you.
Sparton,

Any effort will satisfy me. When I say "I dont want (2) skillshards", it doesn't mean I don't want skillshards, its that I don't want the event (ie, sacrifice) I have spent weeks->month+ saving up for giving me the amount I make in less than a week by playing normally. Its just not balanced.

Quote Originally Posted by Sparton_LOTB View Post
If presumably low quantities from these tiers is such a problem to have once a month, I'd imagine removing them as rewards and making it so the averages from Vortexes are slightly better (the reward you'd only get once every 2-4 months if I'm correctly projecting how much essence you generate over time?..) would be considered a worse result by most people, not better
Well, here is the advantage of having a close relationship with your customers. You can crowdsource the reaction to your changes well in advance. Maybe we're all greedy and will never be satisfied, like you mentioned. Maybe there is a middle ground where we'd be happy with the split. You'll never know unless you try to ask your playerbase how they feel about it.

We've complained in numerous places throughout the forums about the lackluster VI/VII rewards (sometimes). You've acknowledged that its an issue. Perhaps you could be transparent with potential changes in the future so that we, the playerbase, gets a look at it so you can gauge our reaction.