Not a suggestion really but more of a "how things could have been different topic."
As you most likely know, the Celestial Shield has a 0.25% chance of being obtained from the box. Not only is it deviously beautiful but it's something that almost no one will ever get their hands on within a life-time and really puts a perspective on the term "Pay to Win" a lot more despite how awful the shield is defensively.
I don't understand why they couldn't have just done an event such as putting Solar and Lunar Tokens within the game. These Tokens may only be dropped in specific levels. Which ones? The Sky Domes:
- Solar Tokens would drop from any Sky Dome that currently is Day Time: These are the Aurora Isles and Jigsaw Valley levels. Once enough Tokens have been obtained, you may purchase a Solar Shield.
- Lunar Tokens would drop from the Twilight Cradle levels. Once enough of the Lunar Tokens have been obtained, you may purchase a Lunar Shield.
- Once both the Solar and Lunar Shield have been obtained and fully heated to Level 10, the Celestial Shield may be crafted just like how the Grand Solstice Ring is crafted.
The stuff is extremely nice even without the Shield and would still offer the ability to obtain the Shield AND have people end up purchasing the stuff just because of how cool they are.
Not bad, but people would complain because "omg another event? we wunt gunerz stufff".
Anyways, I like the fusion-crafting idea. It would let me use something that's not 5* :P