So, I'm not dying to engage in Datacrons as they have only made engaging in pvp much more annoying than before, with bonuses that are too unbalanced, but assuming they won't care about our opinion and they will keep them in game, here is my issue:There's a huge flaw in the design of the level up materials for Datacrons and their farming places, where the lowest level material is by far the most required and at the same time the most scarce. And the only place to farm them is Conquest Sector 2, for only half of the month with a joke of a drop rate (most time you get something else). I only have a couple of teams on the factions for the Faction Bonus, so I'd really like to have more lvl 3 Datacrons than anything else, yet there's no proper way to get more of those lower leveling mats. We need either a way to ensure a better drop for lower level materials, or having the requirements lowered so you don't need as much of them.

"herd_nerfer;c-2369482" wrote:"KellinDrexel;c-2369480" wrote:Crystals and shard shop currency solve that problemIn a shop that only refreshes once a week?Not spending crystals on that trash. 70 days to go…

Well everything is temporary, even characters and gear etc. At some point in time they will all vanish and all that remains are memories of how much fun you had with the game so spending a few crystals here and there won't kill me.

"Lumiya;c-2369616" wrote:"TVF;c-2369564" wrote:"Lumiya;c-2369561" wrote:"Granolo;c-2369554" wrote:"KellinDrexel;c-2369524" wrote:Well don't expect to get 30 lvl 9 Datacrons. The currency in the shop is enough for 1 maybe 2 lvl 9 datacrons and a few lower ones.If you don't spend crystals on them, just do what you can with what you get. In the long run they won't change your performance that much. I view them as more of a fun mechanic.Oh sure I don't expect that, and that's not the point.The point is that I would think higher level materials would be more scarce, but the farming design is flawed if the hardest one to come by is the lower tier and at the same time is the most required. I would think the higher level materials would be the harder to farm or would have lower drop rates, while the lower level mats would have higher drop as they are required for all the levels.They already saw to that by adding the higher materials and better DCs only to hard mode.Edit spellingHow do you get better datacrons from hard mode?It's in the road ahead announcement:"Hard mode will have better Datacron rewards than Normal and the later Sectors will provide better rewards than earlier Sectors in both difficulties."Since I don't play hard I can't say what makes them better. Maybe the stats that can be rolled are better for example, maybe they just meant the materials, difficult to say with their wording, could mean both.Maybe someone from CG can clear this up.I have serious doubts that the actual datacrons are different.

Crystals and shard shop currency solve that problem

"KellinDrexel;c-2369480" wrote:Crystals and shard shop currency solve that problemIn a shop that only refreshes once a week?

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12 Replies

KellinDrexel
New Novice
3 years ago
Crystals and shard shop currency solve that problem
RagingMonkey057
3 years ago
"KellinDrexel;c-2369480" wrote:
Crystals and shard shop currency solve that problem

In a shop that only refreshes once a week?
irish570team
New Spectator
3 years ago
"herd_nerfer;c-2369482" wrote:
"KellinDrexel;c-2369480" wrote:
Crystals and shard shop currency solve that problem

In a shop that only refreshes once a week?

Not spending crystals on that trash. 70 days to go…
KellinDrexel
New Novice
3 years ago
Well don't expect to get 30 lvl 9 Datacrons. The currency in the shop is enough for 1 maybe 2 lvl 9 datacrons and a few lower ones.
If you don't spend crystals on them, just do what you can with what you get. In the long run they won't change your performance that much. I view them as more of a fun mechanic.
St4rlace
3 years ago
"KellinDrexel;c-2369524" wrote:
Well don't expect to get 30 lvl 9 Datacrons. The currency in the shop is enough for 1 maybe 2 lvl 9 datacrons and a few lower ones.
If you don't spend crystals on them, just do what you can with what you get. In the long run they won't change your performance that much. I view them as more of a fun mechanic.

You and I seem to be having a different view of fun ?

I wouldn't spend crystals on something that is only temporary... And I know you get -some- of the materials back, but emphasis is on some, so it's a downward spiral until after 2-3 times nothing is left of it.
KellinDrexel
New Novice
3 years ago
Well everything is temporary, even characters and gear etc. At some point in time they will all vanish and all that remains are memories of how much fun you had with the game so spending a few crystals here and there won't kill me.
averschevet
Rising Newcomer
3 years ago
"KellinDrexel;c-2369524" wrote:
Well don't expect to get 30 lvl 9 Datacrons. The currency in the shop is enough for 1 maybe 2 lvl 9 datacrons and a few lower ones.
If you don't spend crystals on them, just do what you can with what you get. In the long run they won't change your performance that much. I view them as more of a fun mechanic.

Oh sure I don't expect that, and that's not the point.

The point is that I would think higher level materials would be more scarce, but the farming design is flawed if the hardest one to come by is the lower tier and at the same time is the most required. I would think the higher level materials would be the harder to farm or would have lower drop rates, while the lower level mats would have higher drop as they are required for all the levels.
St4rlace
3 years ago
"Granolo;c-2369554" wrote:
"KellinDrexel;c-2369524" wrote:
Well don't expect to get 30 lvl 9 Datacrons. The currency in the shop is enough for 1 maybe 2 lvl 9 datacrons and a few lower ones.
If you don't spend crystals on them, just do what you can with what you get. In the long run they won't change your performance that much. I view them as more of a fun mechanic.

Oh sure I don't expect that, and that's not the point.

The point is that I would think higher level materials would be more scarce, but the farming design is flawed if the hardest one to come by is the lower tier and at the same time is the most required. I would think the higher level materials would be the harder to farm or would have lower drop rates, while the lower level mats would have higher drop as they are required for all the levels.

They already saw to that by adding the higher materials and better DCs only to hard mode.

Edit spelling
tvsfrink
3 years ago
"Lumiya;c-2369561" wrote:
"Granolo;c-2369554" wrote:
"KellinDrexel;c-2369524" wrote:
Well don't expect to get 30 lvl 9 Datacrons. The currency in the shop is enough for 1 maybe 2 lvl 9 datacrons and a few lower ones.
If you don't spend crystals on them, just do what you can with what you get. In the long run they won't change your performance that much. I view them as more of a fun mechanic.

Oh sure I don't expect that, and that's not the point.

The point is that I would think higher level materials would be more scarce, but the farming design is flawed if the hardest one to come by is the lower tier and at the same time is the most required. I would think the higher level materials would be the harder to farm or would have lower drop rates, while the lower level mats would have higher drop as they are required for all the levels.

They already saw to that by adding the higher materials and better DCs only to hard mode.

Edit spelling

How do you get better datacrons from hard mode?
St4rlace
3 years ago
"TVF;c-2369564" wrote:
"Lumiya;c-2369561" wrote:
"Granolo;c-2369554" wrote:
"KellinDrexel;c-2369524" wrote:
Well don't expect to get 30 lvl 9 Datacrons. The currency in the shop is enough for 1 maybe 2 lvl 9 datacrons and a few lower ones.
If you don't spend crystals on them, just do what you can with what you get. In the long run they won't change your performance that much. I view them as more of a fun mechanic.

Oh sure I don't expect that, and that's not the point.

The point is that I would think higher level materials would be more scarce, but the farming design is flawed if the hardest one to come by is the lower tier and at the same time is the most required. I would think the higher level materials would be the harder to farm or would have lower drop rates, while the lower level mats would have higher drop as they are required for all the levels.

They already saw to that by adding the higher materials and better DCs only to hard mode.

Edit spelling

How do you get better datacrons from hard mode?

It's in the road ahead announcement:

"Hard mode will have better Datacron rewards than Normal and the later Sectors will provide better rewards than earlier Sectors in both difficulties."

Since I don't play hard I can't say what makes them better. Maybe the stats that can be rolled are better for example, maybe they just meant the materials, difficult to say with their wording, could mean both.

Maybe someone from CG can clear this up.