Ascendant Shards are easily accessible, most of shards are given for free just by playing the game and they are gifted on GM’s
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Not everyone get high enough level to do GMs, hence the complaints.
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I'm saying this as a 5x gilded Conqueror, but GMs (even the ones we farm in 10-15 minutes) are inaccessible for most players. They're very free to us, which is why I have at least one masterworked copy of every exotic armor piece in the game, but they're super rare for most.
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Maybe but I think it would be great if, like someone below said, there was a bigger stat gain from investing in them. "If the cost is exotic, the benefits and gain should be too."