Guild Wars 2

With the addition of Bastion of the Penitent we now have 13 Bosses rewarding magnetite shards plus a handful of events in each of the three wings of the forsaken thicket.

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Magnetite_Shard

According to the wiki, A full clear of the first Raid will bring you to the maximum of 150 Shards you may earn per week meaning that every boss in the second raid only has its normal loot as possible reward.

Now, I don’t know how many guilds/pugs clear all wings per week so I can only speak for my group but with the addition of the new raid all of us easily cap out on shards (Wipes against bosses we still learn, kitten ups, DCs, you name it).

As you may only loot boss chests once a week too it is at the very least “unrewarding” to help out other players (Guilds, Friends, etc) defeating raid encounters. Not saying I need loot but It feels like a waste of time..

I don’t want more LI but the four champ bags we receive right now are a joke.

Things to consider:
- Increase of the weekly shard cap
- Another go at the boss chest minus LI (tweaking?)
- Chance to get boss equipment as skin-unlocks

or just buff food!

I actually would like some food that can be bought with magnetite shards or dropped from boss. As mes, i have to run bountiful stones (hello platinum doubloons 2g each, 6+ gold per 5 stones) and rather expensive food for boon duration. Even with using bags from raid on lv 53 character, raids generally are still extreme gold sink (at least for me since i almost never get anything good, 1 ascended per month if i am lucky).