I’m gonna keep this short. The material system needs to catch up to the game. You can’t make large changes to the game and leave the material system outdated. Case in point, ascendant alloy for example example, like most people I’m currently maxed out at 30 (which makes no sense btw) but the fact that I can’t progress vendors like Hawthorne unless I pick up ascendant alloy is infuriating. I’m already maxed out and because of the changes made to the game, they’re currently useless. It’s not like I can spend them to reroll teired weapons. You can’t earn ascendant shards and enhancement cores quickly enough to try new builds (unless you’re putting in 4hrs a day of game play). Most average players are forced to commit to build they barely enjoy or just not try new builds because of the lack of materials it cost to take a T4 & T5 to max level. It sucks. Why bother going through all the headache of creating a really hands-on build system when your players can’t even fully utilize it because they’re limited by materials access. Now don’t get me wrong I’m not saying materials should be handed to you without any effort, but a 30 to 40% drop increase would be highly beneficial. Oh, and ascendant shards do not need to be locked behind GMs or trials.