OK, so I am thinking of this new Umbral shard thing coming.
I like to look at things from a different perspective.
Correct me if I am wrong - Umbral shards were never a thing when they planned to introduce the expertise things
They listened to player feedback and changed it so crafted items, and items obtained pre-patch were not affected.
They now want their own way with a change - so they are/will be introducing Umbral shards and a gear score increase to 625.
Just my thoughts.
I don’t think it’s a great change, not everyone farmed their HWM up so high. The Gypsum casts can only increase an items gear score up once per day due to cooldowns. Furthermore, it’s usually a bump of 3 up to a possible maximum of 590 (for now).