100% agree. Should be able to get shards through regular raids opposed to RF.
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Getting shards through another means would be nice for those players who don't like the raid finder, maybe in exchange for simple relics that everyone hoards up. I personally enjoy it and think its great, and given you can usually have a full raid every 30 mins or so at least, maybe not at downtime, I would guess other players do. For those that don't however, the other option for the shards for rings would be useful.
You might also do something for that old issue where people get stuck to geometry when too many enter at same time to erlik temple. earlier it was just possible to zone out but now with ragefinder it's harder to fix it yourself (yeah, and /stuck doesn't always work. suicide dagger does, so can we have it on /claim for every raider? :P)
how about T4 or T5 simples convert to shards. That way the players with hundreds of them (vets) can actually convert them to shards and not have to regrind RF 10000 times.
It seems counter intuitive to have the very best rewards as freely available to the biggest incompetents as they are to the players who are at least, competent. The connection between earning and receiving is broken.