Pardon if I've missed this - but are plain crystals good for anything anymore?
Since there won't be street projects anymore from what I understand, and according to the Glitch Strategy Wiki, there's really no other use for plain crystals - is there another use for them that I'm missing?
They are used for some restoration projects. They also store a lot of value in one inventory slot, so they're nice to donate. But yeah, they're not as useful as they might be, and I hope that crafting with crystals is added.
Plain crystals are used when restoring sparkly rocks but I would bet that we get other uses down the road. If you look at the housing demo video (www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSO...) you can see some colored crystals in the inventory at :37 and scattered around the house.
I go through a TON of crystals. My street is covered with minables (Sparkly, beryl, dullite), and each one requires crystal to restore. Luckily the more I restore them, the longer they last, but I still use a hell of a lot of crystals.
You do have a chance to get favor with a giant if you have the Crystallography skill when making crystals! Usually 5 favor with a random giant, but people have said they've gotten more.