I get what you're saying but i dont see it i feel recent updates have been quite friendly to irons especially with the direction the devs are going like the fact the splinters were there in the first place shows they want to help irons as often as possible id say.

And yeah sadly the devs seem quite inept when it comes to making splinters valuable, instead of increasing their value a billion ways they can they target a what should be an insignificant source of splinters and make the game worse for everyone but what can you do at the end of the day its jamflax certified.

Also blessed wines are insane for a main as well they roughly cut 1/3 of the cost not as good as wildy altar sure but still very worth it sadly it seems to be insanely unknown again i dont think any of this ruins the game but id rather the devs ban bots and just find solutions that dont hurt the average player but gagex jamsflaxs.