Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24145588-20140909000758/@comment-24145588-20140909191027

BanzaiHeil wrote: It was really just about pointing out to the original poster that shards DO have a purpose beyond that of decorations Well, I'm also one of the folks who considers Diamonds to be largely useless, and therefore didn't think it was worth mentioning the exchange of Shards for Diamonds.

I have about 4 million shards, and 1400 Diamonds. With 7 Mini-Mines collected most days, I gain about 40 Diamonds per week, and I think I've spent 2 in the last month. Since I don't care about Diamonds, I don't care about exchanging Shards for them.

I think that's going to be the case for many people who have a well-populated Ethereal Island -- we're far enough along in the game that Diamonds don't do any good, so exchanging Shards to get them is pointless, and the Shards just pile up uselessly.