I don't mind seeing them drop - it's the fact that there seems to be a direct correlation between the appearance of reflective smoldering shard chests and the disappearance of any other gem in any other chest when they do. Appearances can be wrong and it could be a total coincidence but I think I'll start counting again.
That's great news, the smoldering shards were becoming harder and harder to get while still being very usefull. Glad to see them drop once more. I sure hope they don't replace the regular Velious gems.
Velious gems are dropping but haven't seen any of the T9 rares since the return of reflective smoldering. Not a big deal because I've never seen that many in dungeons at any rate, but for a couple weeks we were seeing a fair number of the T9 rares - no longer.