So I was pleasantly surprised to see the changes to the Sigil store today.
Mainly, instead of requiring full trade-in values, for example, 150,000 or whatever 6* shards for one 7* crystal, or 100,000 5* relic shards for one 6* relic crystal, you can trade in smaller amounts for smaller values.
I've been on the fence about whether to renew my subscription, but this definitely helps sway me towards keeping it. It's not the sine qua non (?) of that decision to renew or not, but it's definitely better than how it was before this update.
(And 3,2,1 and ready to brace myself for the avalanche of bitterness and negativity that the forum will unleash about anything that Kabam does. "They should give us monthly Titan Nexuses for our $10!!!" "No, it should be two Titan Nexuses!" "No, 5000 units and two Titan Nexuses and free healthcare!!" and so on...)
