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Considering how cheap they are its not really giving pvp players the source of income they were promised with the release of these items. Adding this feature would do two things. It would make pve players buy these shards quicker so they could get glorious/tribal armour without having to actually farm pvp. And that would drive the price up making it possible for PvP players to actually start making some gold without having to play the trading post.

Even if players dont sell the shards they get atleast it has an imidiate use for that track or another one later down the line.

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over 8 years ago - /u/Anet_Hugh - Direct link

This is a great discussion!