Daily reminder that some characters have been hard-nodes-only since 2015

"WrathofCaedus;c-1184606" wrote:
The entitlement displayed in this thread is entertaining, thanks for that much...

Yeah right? People with those characters at 7* literally don't want other people to be able to farm them, even though it contradicts the current game model.
Now that's "entitlement"!

"EventineElessedil;c-1184624" wrote:
Look, if you farm all three Clone Sarge hard nodes every day, you can get this guy 7* FOR FREE in ~110 days (~16 weeks), assuming you get nothing from Bronziums. If you spend 150 crystals a day, you can cut that in half to 55 days. That's a full 7* Sarge in 8 weeks for the bargain price of 8250 crystals.

Compare to another character, say Death Trooper on Cantina node 8A. If you burn all your FREE cantina energy on that node, you will get ~3 shards a day. Hey, look at that, you can get a full 7* DT in 110 days FOR FREE, just like Clone Sarge, FOST, or Ewok Scout. If you spend 100 crystals a day, you can cut that down to 62 days. That's a full 7* Death Trooper in 9 weeks for the bargain price of 6200 crystals. Spend 200 crystals a day and cut your farm time down to 6 weeks for 8600 crystals.

Do you see that these are similar prices and similar time frames?

Now consider Chirrut Imwe. I have been ~aggressively (?) farming him since April 19. Check the calendar ... yes, that was 12 weeks ago, and I'm at 80/100 shards. I expect he will be done inside two weeks. That's 14 weeks to get this character FOR FREE; of course, I had a ~20 shard head start from the original tournament that introduced him, so to compensate for that let's add two more weeks for a total farm time of ... 16 weeks!

I'm starting to see a pattern here. A 16 week pattern.

Now, FOTP is only available on two hard nodes, so that will take longer. And it should, since FOTP is a very good character, by himself better than Chirrut, DT, CS, or Ewok Scout in my opinion, and invaluable to a full FO squad.

And Veers ... have you tried a Veers lead with Imperial Troopers? Very impressive, I think leaving him on two hard nodes is fully justifiable.


I don't know why HR Soldier is only on one hard node. But I've only got 61 more shards left to worry about collecting. If you want one, I recommend you start collecting the shards.

I don't really see your point. Yes, Deathtrooper takes roughly the same time than CS to farm. He's also one of the newest character, and his kit is really good. He's actually PvP viable.

How does that explain why CS got hard nodes only? Other basic characters are available elsewhere. Resistance Pilot, for instance, is available in GW, so a 22 days farm (roughly 3 weeks). She's also invaluable in a Resistance squad, much like FOTP.

What exactly are you trying to prove?

The Veers example also made me chuckle. Veers and Imperial Troopers are obviously made to cater to new to mid-game players, just like Ewoks and Phoenix. They're not end-game material. Which is funny, because you can't get Veers at this point because he's gated in Hard Nodes.