Shard Economy Changes [MEGA]

So the old adage is still true 2x0=0. You could put 100 shards on a node but as long as the drop rates are still lousy nothing changes. And doubling the cost of gear in the shard shop just adds to the gear crunch!!! How does ANY of this help new or old players??? What would help is to put something in these stores worth buying!! CG hasn’t changed out any toons in the cantina store for 3+ years!!!! I don’t know if it’s just laziness or you just don’t outright care but you’ve made 1 billion dollars off of us could you just throw us a bone and maybe offer a character once a month say 50 shards for $4.99. This happens all the time in your competition’s game stores and players love it because they actually offer toons that are needed or useful. Not trash like CUP,Lobot,and K2so. They even go as far as to offer 10for10 on toon shards. 10 shards for 10 crystals would be unheard of in SWGOH!!! Maybe you should ask the player community once in awhile what it is that would improve the game and make it such a chore to play.