Gotta say... I'm not liking the latest batch of changes. Just a non-stop battering of mobs everywhere. It's like the SK casts a Viagra spell over everything.
* The rate at which the remnants go to the SK is ridiculously high, even on the lower settings
* Crafting weapons nerfed beyond usefulness with over-restrictive mimimums
* SK doom marches along a little TOO quickly and MUCH less counters now... oh wow... I saved an entire village and it sets back the timer... by... oh... 2 whole points... LACKLUSTER...
* Seems like you nerfed the output from shards, or at least everything is taking longer now
On the plus side...
* Some new monstesr, which are at least a change
* Some new quests