Chromium Packs, Shard Drops, and the new Exchange: Why you might want to save to buy 8X packs

"TayLord;76945" wrote:
I dont understand what you are trying to accomplish. If i read that right. you are saying people who have a team of 7* characters and fewer than 30 characters are better off using crystals on 8X packs rather than spending it on energy refills? For what purpose? just collecting characters? That is really the only way I see it being MORE efficient. And I dont understand what that has to do with the exchange coming at all. The only reason to farm for characters is to make an arena team, light side or dark side team, or for use in Galactic War. All benifit more from having Higher Power characters than a bunch of low star low level characters(because u will be getting fewer credits, gear, and droids to level and gear all the new characters).

If i misunderstood something please explain what this has to do with the exchange or why you would want every character at low stars/level

To put it simply, it's the fastest way for someone who isn't spending $2000 on the game to star up Chromium only characters.

The most dependable way of quickly getting a 7* with low amounts of money spent is STILL GW and Arena Shipments. Cantina takes a long time, even if you are buying the 100 crystal refresh.

So the 7* you do have are generally ones you farmed from one of those 2 sources. And you will be able to gain more shards via the exchange.

There's a small chance you will be able to choose what shards you receive from the exchange, but it's an order of magnitude more likely it will be a random drop, chosen from characters who are not 7*.

So the more characters you have at 7* (Even ones you DONT want) the more likely you are to receive shards of a character you DO want.

And chromium packs are a much more efficient way to gain character shards if you have few completed characters, and they also give a chance at receiving shards for the characters you DO want.

Again, YMMV. Other factors such as training droids, experience, and gear/ability materials should affect your decision.

But a player at level 70, with a viable set of GW/arena teams that are well geared, who needs shards, should take a second look at chromium boxes.

They aren't just effective for whales anymore.