Really love I can get multiple shards of red skull through PVE besides pvp. Great addition .
775 shards each pve for a 5*…hell yea!!!
Being able to play in the (new) top tier of the game, should only rightfully give away these 5* shards for daily play. Looking forward to hunting the next 6*! 
Even if you are like me and can’t get close to progression in CL10, you can still earn more 5 star shards than you ever could before.
So now I’m doing less clears (I don’t even bother with the CN and do maybe 1 hit on the 5E) and I get way more rewards. It’s great.
KGB
I’m once again reminded of how different people enjoy the game in different ways. I totally agree with you on the first part. But I mostly ignore the easy nodes and just care about the CN and 5E nodes because they’re the fun ones. Besides, they’re not much of a challenge once you have winfinite, stun lock or away teams. 