Idea for a "shard sink" - A "collector" NPC

[danibu]

Love the game and in particular the crafting system!

I’m a relatively new player but have already amassed tons of affix shards. So I thought about ideas for a “shard sink”. Here’s one:

A “collector” NPC that rewards handing in items that have specific stats/affixes/combinations. This would essentially motivate crafting for more than your own character(s), including using up shards that your build doesn’t really need itself. What they are looking to collect could be randomized, thematically integrated, and/or changed over time in some way.

I haven’t thought too deeply about the rewards and other implications of such an approach yet.

What do you think? Also curious about other ideas for interesting “shard sinks”.

[Bakageyama]

A crafting challenge sounds kinda fun ngl. Could be some really weird items requested, or even legendaries but the rewards would have to be pretty good based on the item.

[Farmy]

craft some exotic items, get a glyph of despair, ill do everything to get more of them =)

[gwachowdrdu]

Could be a gambling vendor where the currency is shards and has some new shards that are only available via this vendor – Could also be a Dungeon with a Gambling Vendor a’la Soul Bastion… Also… What about UNIQUE shards!!! eh??? EH???