There are plenty of people who hate farming materials... From both PVE and PVP sides. They want you to [b][i]earn[/i][/b] marks to get that gear. Which is why they are making it so that you have to have the upgrade materials from the packages you get from ranking up, in order to upgrade said gear. Vanguard shard for vanguard gear, crucible shard for crucible gear. It should be this way. You shouldn't be able to get and upgrade crucible gear without doing to crucible. You also shouldn't have to spend hours on end farming materials for gear that's just going to be replaced.