Since I'm new on this server I didn't know that, but that just means I'll have to re-calculate once I get to end-game, it's a waste of both shards and binding agents if there would be a more optimal way.
How many 706's do you need to get to 1k+? 3 or 4?
1 * 706 takes 1k 198 energy shards so that makes at least 3k shards needed to get just 1 1k+ energy shard.
While with the 184 energy way you only need 2520 shards. So basically I would need 500 less shards that are lower energy to start with.