ok, so many of you have probably over donated to a shrine before and instead of speeding up a skill by three hours ended up wasting 10 thousand currants and picking up one redundant, useless emblem.
which is colossal over-punishment for dealing with a poor UI where the total favor counter is not present when actually donating - but at least the player has some control over it.
today i got into a situation where i donated below the cap, but that donation caused me to level, granting me favor, causing me to go over the cap, and i ended up with a useless emblem.
this system is totally frustrating from a number of angles, and should be done away with. the player should probably be asked whether they want an emblem or whether they want to speed a skill. if not that, then allow emblems to be donated back to the giant for favor.