1 shard a day
Come on now devs, the 5 a day hard node attempts is bad enough but to only be able to net 1 shard a day(sometimes none) without crystals is rediculous. If you played everyday and spent 100(20x5) energ...
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@EventineElessedil I think many of us agree that those farms are too long, which is why we refresh attempts and spend crystals daily to shorten them. Most new character releases come with 50 free shards, so at 15 attempts per day (75 crystals) you're looking at ~36 days to six star a character (180 shards averaging five per day) and an additional 20 days to seven star it. So, about two months of dedicated farming. I think it's up to the individual user as to whether or not that's a quality experience.
As for @trooper521 - I didn't defend anything, I just pointed out that your math was off and gave you the actuals. If you feel that the experience is crap, then you're under no obligation to play a free game. I just wanted to make sure you understood the truth of hard node farming and could plan accordingly. And yes, full disclosure, I think seven months is ridiculous which is why I refresh attempts if I'm actually hard node farming a targeted character - because 75 crystals for 10 chances at a shard is less than the 80 crystals that shard would cost me in shipments.
If you don't believe the quoted drop rate:
https://forums.galaxy-of-heroes.starwars.ea.com/discussion/196365/new-old-republic-characters-drop-rates-day-28-completed/p1
and
https://www.reddit.com/r/SWGalaxyOfHeroes/comments/b3ak6v/darth_revan_toon_drop_rates/
As for @trooper521 - I didn't defend anything, I just pointed out that your math was off and gave you the actuals. If you feel that the experience is crap, then you're under no obligation to play a free game. I just wanted to make sure you understood the truth of hard node farming and could plan accordingly. And yes, full disclosure, I think seven months is ridiculous which is why I refresh attempts if I'm actually hard node farming a targeted character - because 75 crystals for 10 chances at a shard is less than the 80 crystals that shard would cost me in shipments.
If you don't believe the quoted drop rate:
https://forums.galaxy-of-heroes.starwars.ea.com/discussion/196365/new-old-republic-characters-drop-rates-day-28-completed/p1
and
https://www.reddit.com/r/SWGalaxyOfHeroes/comments/b3ak6v/darth_revan_toon_drop_rates/
