Okay, so far my destiny exp in the April update has been great; i got the zen meteor when the update dropped and got more and more exotics through 3oC but for the the past few weeks I've been running low on shards and i can't dismantle the exotics i have because i still use them unless i get one the 3oC and it's a lower light then i get a shard but it gets immediately used. So, in my opinion i think xur selling the exotic shards is a good plus why the hell do we need to buy motes of light from him in the first place if we could easily level up and get 5 of them.
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Edited by Destroydacre: 5/31/2016 2:19:42 AMI agree, I'm really not sure why bungie stopped having Xur sell shards (yes increase grind etc). But as others have stated, the best way to get some shards quickly is the exotic weapon kiosk. Buy any heavy (costs 1 shard + 2.5k glimmer) buy a heavy weapon telemetry from banshee and activate it, equip the heavy you just bought and level it up with motes (takes 6 with the telemetry I believe). Then break it down for 2 exotic shards and a net of +1.