@Kainzo
One thing I have seen talked about by a few people is how hard it was to get things like Saphires and Paridots to upgrade their townships. I had multiple stacks of all the rare components myself, but I was gathering since map up. I believe the reason we are getting people saying they are hard to get now is because the drop is shared with Runes which eats up most of the drop chance the rare comps had?
Could this be correct? Could a shared loot chance favoring Runes be eating up the rare crafting components?
If so this could cause a major issue with townships not being able to expand this map.