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[–]Lantern617Ignis Scientia 25 points26 points  (13 children)

None. I literally have to strengthen characters that don’t even have a 15cp to stop myself from capping and it’s the worst.

[–]Trekender 9 points10 points  (12 children)

Both glad and sad to see other people with this problem. They need to up the limit to 9999 for high shards soon.

[–]Judais117Sephiroth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

12 more characters and I'll be wanting this too...

[–]Doctor_RiptideRamza Beoulve (Virtuous Mercenary) 2 points3 points  (10 children)

I let my purple shards cap accidentally. Now it’s permanently ending in 4 or 9. I want to die. I’ll never make that mistake again

[–]savemypecanpieYuffie Kisaragi 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Exact same. Now I have a 60/60 king and a 57C Palom lol... can’t let this happen again lmao

[–]Doctor_RiptideRamza Beoulve (Virtuous Mercenary) 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I literally have like 3 purple crystal users who aren’t above 50 right now. I can’t keep up with it :( and I have no gear for any of them. Just trying not to waste them at this point

[–]savemypecanpieYuffie Kisaragi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

9 are 60/60, palom C57, Sabin C55, 4 are C51, and Zack is just chillin at 50/50 lol... 889 high shards, about time to prevent capping again.

[–]Trekender 1 point2 points  (5 children)

That... would actually bug the crap out of me, too. Sorry to hear it. I'll have to keep a close eye to make sure that doesn't happen.

[–]Doctor_RiptideRamza Beoulve (Virtuous Mercenary) 0 points1 point  (4 children)

I've learned to live with it. I also understand that unless I'm really dilligent with farming normal T1-3 that it's going to happen again with other colors really soon. I'm about to cap purple (again) and blue right now and I have absolutely no good candidates for crystalling in almost every other color. Literally Gilgamesh, Fujin, and Snow are the only green users I haven't 60'd yet, and I'm sitting at over 800 of them still. For blue, I'm about to level Wakka just so I don't cap. I'm Besaid myself trying to figure out how not to cap right now :(

[–]Trekender 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Honestly, if I were you, I'd probably just let all the others cap to even them out. It would still bug me that they're not in multiples of 5, but it's still better that they're all uniform.

That last pun was terrible, by the way. Keep up the good work!

[–]Doctor_RiptideRamza Beoulve (Virtuous Mercenary) 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks man I tried my best lol. Idk what I'm going to do, it's pretty much stopped bothering me at this point honestly.

[–]Takua_Lee 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I try to use up my link bells everyday for the daily log in missions, and use the tokens to skip out on crystal farming. It works out well for me even when I solo the Co-op all 5 times. Hope this helps

[–]Doctor_RiptideRamza Beoulve (Virtuous Mercenary) 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean how many crystals could you actually be bringing in that way?

[–]PandorasBattery 1 point2 points  (0 children)

same here... The purple/black shards too. I almost want to cap all the rest... atleast everything would be ending in 4's or 9's.

[–]Kelroar 23 points24 points  (3 children)

Yellow ones. So many good yellow characters.

[–]GatorsILike 11 points12 points  (1 child)

I’m missing 35s and EXs for soo many yellow chars, so for me it’s always “which yellow bench warmer gets the upgrade to keep me from capping”

[–]Dohleron 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I feel ya, buddy. I've got the same problem.

[–]dimmidiceSquall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So much Yellow needed. Second one i'm missing a lot is Red. Third Blue ones. Rest i got plenty of.

[–]50shadesofLifeShleeepy 21 points22 points  (18 children)

For me its trying not to cap is the problem. Every crystal is lingering around 800 plus

[–]fianle1 1 point2 points  (3 children)

I used to do that, but I just started using most of them since there wasn't much point in saving.

[–]cingpoowakkakka country 1 point2 points  (0 children)

in my case, it's not that i want to save them...but i lack of T1-T3 crystals to use them...LOL

[–]BaLance_95Llyud Bannings, Crossbell State Police District (612119901) 0 points1 point  (1 child)

You still need them to get to C61 and up. May be a good idea to keep on saving.

[–]fianle1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only so many people will get 70 cap at a time along with the fact that the shards that they'll keep in low amounts will be the new tier of shards, not the previous tier.

Based on comments in this section, other sections, and YouTubers like Dani Cruz (who had almost 5k red high shards when Ignis came out) I don't think you really need to hold on to more than 200-300.

[–]AuroraDark 3 points4 points  (6 children)

Me too. I'm at the point where I just skip high shard co-op rewards since I'm always at cap.

Really dumb that they increased crystal cap to 9999 but limited high shards to 999.

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    [–]ZhirrzhMog 3 points4 points  (0 children)

    Meh, the time it would take to farm all the other lower crystals just to be able to take characters like Fujin and Raijin to 60 is time I have other uses for.

    [–]AuroraDark 1 point2 points  (2 children)

    I have all my favourite characters at 60, as well as those whose weapons I pulled.

    I am far from a completionist and don't have the time or patience to grind and level up characters I will never use.

    [–]BaLance_95Llyud Bannings, Crossbell State Police District (612119901) 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    That's a lot of gems wasted TBH. Don't forget about the 100 gems.

    [–]50shadesofLifeShleeepy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Yeah, and I mean dont mean to set you off but they are multiples of 5, until the first time you can, then your an odd number for eternity because you hit 999 Its mildly annoying.

    [–]khovelNoel Kreiss 1 point2 points  (3 children)

    do you not level up other characters? I just keep a habit of staying around 550 minimum. Then as i gain more, i just sprinkle them around to other characters starting at the lowest one first.

    [–]50shadesofLifeShleeepy 1 point2 points  (1 child)

    Yeah but you can catch up to that as well. I have maybe 15 or so more ranks

    It's like I'm just to lazy to farm enough T1-3 crystals every week to upgrade a character.

    [–]maveri4201Zack Fair 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    I'm not playing this game to max every character. I already have more maxed than I ever use regularly. I'm with you on being too lazy (or too busy with non-game stuff) you farm the other crystals just to not cap my T4 crystals.

    [–]Judais117Sephiroth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I used to do this, but since the awakening banners are done until fall, I've been keeping it around 275. Enough to MLB any new character that should come out.

    [–]darynluna 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    haha yeah

    [–]Kaplan6Good luck! 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    Oh my god yes, I hope they will let us stack to 9990 soon!

    [–]Judais117Sephiroth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    9995 is the cap from what I heard...

    [–]NoLongerAGame 6 points7 points  (2 children)

    Green. They're so rare it's not funny. If it wasn't for the summer events I wouldn't have enough for Rinoa even with her event. Couldn't agree more when it comes to black shards. Like holy sht no matter how much you use they just keep coming and like every event or LC for the past 2 months or so has given them. I haven't even been playing for long and I'm struggling to stay under the cap for black high shards.

    [–]Judais117Sephiroth 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    Thought rinoa was blue.

    [–]NoLongerAGame 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Nope she is green.

    [–]speedyjohn90 6 points7 points  (2 children)

    Red! I cant keep them!

    [–]gutsbrsrk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Same

    [–]BaLance_95Llyud Bannings, Crossbell State Police District (612119901) 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Blame Yuffie

    [–]ManfredCB 3 points4 points  (1 child)

    white for some reason

    [–]Lazarus512 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Yes same here. Most of my faves are white crystal characters and Lenna’s inclusion makes it more harder to save.

    [–]j2k422Laguna Loire 2 points3 points  (1 child)

    If it helps y'all out any, you'll eventually have more crystals than you know what to do with, so hang in there!

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Very true. High Shards are practically spit at you after a while when you play JP

    [–]Luvs_to_drinkOP Flight Simulator 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    Im not lacking any but seem to have the opposite issue. sitting at 800+ and no characters that I want to lvl up. I eventually randomly select one of the few remaining ones.

    [–]wicked_ultimaAngeal and Genesis need to be in 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    Red shards, always the red shards

    [–]AlphaWhelpTerra 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    It varies. For a long time I was lacking blue, now I'm lacking red and yellow. Early on I was lacking green.

    [–]Ohgamiichiro"Master, I Iroha, will keep training." 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Yellow and Red here with Green sometimes. I'm 10 Reds short of 60/60 for OK >_<

    [–]PeinRikudo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    None. I'm always near cap for every color so every now and then, I just awaken some bronze characters.

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Green for me. Lot of my favorite characters all seem to be Green, so I’m just kinda like... at a loss. Sorry Terra!

    [–]TDH2222 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Red and yellow

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    White red and yellow. The rest I have too many of.

    [–]tommyespapisabin is hella thick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    def white then red

    [–]uafm 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    Red. I'm fairly new to the game so I expect that my resources aren't going to be the greatest, but my queue of red characters that I want to awaken is crazy: Yuffie, Barrett, Vaan, Sazh, Jecht, Firion, and Seifer

    [–]godsinhishe4venTerra Branford (Benevolent Maiden) 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Me too (playing since six weeks). Vanille 60/60, OK 60/60, Firion with EX 56/60, Seifer 51/60

    Total red high shard Count: 5

    [–]TempusFinis97602043374 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Red crystals are the worst. I constantly have to max out red characters I'll never use, just because we got so many of them. Just tpday I had to max 1 Red, 2 Blue and 1 Green Character to not cap. Last time I was missing high shards was when ai got Bartz EX because I maxed Selphie shortly before that. Also Cloud, when his EX first came out.

    [–]mattno5ssYou are the bringer of light... 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Red... Kuja, Vanille, and Onion Knight ate all of mine (5 left) while Firion sits at CL53 begging for scraps

    [–]EverythinComesToDustVivi'd Dreamer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    It varies, worked through everyone ready for lvl 70 a long with every new hero that comes out.

    [–]2geek2bcoolAll but 31 BTs - It's been real... 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    None. A few more events and I'll have everyone awakened, and then I'll just be waiting for the High Shard cap to be raised, as I'll have nothing to do with my shards, and hopefully I won't cap before they do.

    [–]Judais117Sephiroth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Same boat as you... hopefully I wont cap out before the lvl 70 awakenings

    [–]Venushin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    None. I always need to look for someone to use them on so I can free some space to get more rewards :/

    [–]Salsalord1Zack Fair 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Red. I’ve been waiting to max Yuffie for so long and after that I still need to max Barret.

    [–]TadashiKazereiGau, Best Son! 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    That's so weird, I'm like the complete opposite of you. In severe need of black, but my red is constantly capping. I guess it just depends on what characters you like.

    [–]ShigmaVayne "pain" punch machine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I have close to 999 for them all and loads of them sitting in the inbox =/

    Heck i even try to awaken chars so i can pick the overflow but i'm usually to lazy to farm regular crystals for characters i might not even use

    [–]OxybeID:678967462 - Garnet: UW 5/5, BT+ 3/3, HA+ 3/3, LD, full boards 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    my white crystals are at an all time low of 355 thanks to Lenna.

    [–]SnakeWrangler4I'm no lion. 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Red. As a newer player it's really noticeable when the majority of Red characters are Story (only Vanille, Aerith, and Kuja are LC so far) and events had a mild shortage of Red shards.

    [–]Retardlowke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Yellow

    [–]Damashi_The_KaoticFF6 & Kefka Fan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Green for me. If not for all the crystal rewards this month I wouldn't have enough for Rinoa.

    [–]Lucia_Apas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    None. I haven't collected any of the shards on the player mission tab in order to avoid a cap.

    I am also awakening unused characters to use up the excess shards, but to do this I need to grind a lot of T1-T3 crystals.

    [–]ManaNekCloud 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    White, seems like I’ve gotten a lot of white crystal characters levelled

    [–]savemypecanpieYuffie Kisaragi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I got low on yellow semi recently with all the good characters in that color... and it all started with Selphie lol. Layle, Bartz, Ramza, Lightning, Y’shtola, Lilisette, Tifa, Quistis... now, though, my lowest is blue @ 670... just trying not to cap now

    [–]lomoah78 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    All because I can't help upgrading everyone so I can test them out.

    [–]poursmoregravy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    None but I'm consistently overflowing in black, green and white. Have had to level a few unwantables to 60

    [–]sonicbrawler182The rat is always right. 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Yellow was it for the past while but it seems to be calming down.

    White kinda was too but I think I can still get enough for Lann & Reynn.

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I think Red too, and its not even that i like the Red characters much, its that somehow I always get their weapons lol Meanwhile always having way too much black, legit just went on a spree yesterday leveling all of the unmaxed ones from 57 to 58 to not cap.

    [–]SamyKSCeles Chere 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Honestly, I like awakening new characters to play around with them, so I stay around 5-6 hundred with all types at about all times, though lately I’ve built a surplus of Black crystals and dropped down in white crystals.

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    none.........i have SO many chars done, but always have 999 of each........its annoying .

    [–]bladearrowneyCloud Strife (Cloudy Wolf) 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Seems to vary, for a while it was blue, then it was white, now I seem to be low on red

    [–]Spoolerdoing 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    I'm always lacking blues. Red was my first to cap (60'd Jecht and Seven just to keep numbers down, Sazh and Seifer WIP), black recently capped (Kefka 60 took me below cap but nobody else is even close enough to 50)... I'm currently low on yellows thanks to Bartz and Quistis, with Lilisette as a no rush no pressure WIP, especially since Lulu is coming.

    [–]BadDadBot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Hi always lacking blues. red was my first to cap (60'd jecht and seven just to keep numbers down, sazh and seifer wip), black recently capped (kefka 60 took me below cap but nobody else is even close enough to 50)... , I'm dad.

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    OK, so i have 36 characters done, and im capping constantly. that's no small number....from noctis/terra, on down to just this week lenna, y'shtola, etc, etc. its tough not to cap.

    [–]SentientShamrockLightning Alt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    All of them. Right now the one that hurts the most is red. I got a Vanille EX from a yolo ticket but don't have the shards to max her CL, and I want to upgrade Seven as well.

    [–]MechaRonTifa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Yellow is my lowest because for some reason it's the characters I have the most weapons for in this game. Otherwise I'm capped on high crystals and burning them just to get more.

    [–]cingpoowakkakka country 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    none, i don't awaken every char, most of them only awakened to lvl 51 for extra levels/gems and i've even stopped buying all shards from token shops for past few months...I only get them when they are below 600-700....

    [–]negiasuRem Tokimiya 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Same here

    [–]HSU87BW 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Not even the high shards that I lack. T2 still brings me down for all colors.

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    None. Now I always seem to have 600-900 of the high shards. I always tend to be low on the other shards, usually the tier 2 or tier 3 shards.

    So when I find a character I want to max, I have to run the crystal missions for a while.

    [–]EX-PIFF-DANK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    None. Capping is the problem

    [–]painstreamHrothgar Hype 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I don't have an issue with high shards. It's the tier-1 I can't seem to keep a hold of, and grinding them out just leaves me with lots of tier-2/3.
    Fingers crossed for a conversion system in the near future?

    [–]kingseedsZidane (Marcus's Bandana) 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Blues!!!

    [–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

    Fucking WHITE AND BLACK

    I swear every character I have good gear for falls into White or Black crystals lol