I have 78/100 Old Ben and 18/100 Luke. I have 1600 crystals and 6 days. I don't pay to play. Is it likely with refreshes to get both to 7 stars in time or should I spend the crystals elsewhere and wait for the next go round. I don't want to spend them and come up short. All characters are 85 gear 9. I'm fine with waiting if the odds are long.Thanks for any thoughts.

and you can get shards in guild store and guild event store from time to time. you should be fine.

"Woodroward;c-1406679" wrote:You need 104 shards total.1/3 drop rate at 8 energy a piece104 * 8 * 3 = 2496 energy you need to spend.divide that by 6 days and you're talking 616 energy a day you need to spend. 165 energy between timed energy and noon bonus leaves you needing to spend 451 energy a day. 3 cantina refreshes is 360 energy. So you'll either need to buy 4 refreshes a day, or fill in the gaps by buying Luke shards from the guild store.@Woodroward 2496 ÷ 6 is not 616, it's 416. Meaning per your method 416 energy a day to do it in 6 days, it's doable in 5 days but I said @Demo1ition would have one day left as I'm not sure if he has used the refreshes today.

@JediJim @Woodroward @Kevern_Zaksor @Gaaazzzaaaa Thank you for the insight! Farmboy was 89/100 as of today. Drop Rate was obstinate and I ended up refreshing all 100 crystal chances and 2 200 refreshes to get 11 shards! :) It wad close enough and I had them to spend so I was going for broke! (I couldn't wait till tomorrow.) Thanks again, just wanted to give you a little Paul Harvey "Rest of the Story" CLS is now 6 fusion furnaces from gear 9 happily residing in my 2nd from the top! :)

"Demo1ition;c-1410146" wrote:@JediJim @Woodroward @Kevern_Zaksor @Gaaazzzaaaa Thank you for the insight! Farmboy was 89/100 as of today. Drop Rate was obstinate and I ended up refreshing all 100 crystal chances and 2 200 refreshes to get 11 shards! :) It wad close enough and I had them to spend so I was going for broke! (I couldn't wait till tomorrow.) Thanks again, just wanted to give you a little Paul Harvey "Rest of the Story" CLS is now 6 fusion furnaces from gear 9 happily residing in my 2nd from the top! :)That's what I'm talking about! Good work, I'm enjoying my almost-gear-12 CLS now too

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liovandamme
8 years ago
Moved to Hero’s Journey subsection.
gazlaLFC
8 years ago
You will have absolutely no problem getting him. Both Ben and luke are low cost cantina characters. 3 refreshes of 100 a day will probably yield about 20-30 character shards of each (including the free 45 cantina and 1 every 12 minutes). And if you are struggling maybe do the 200 refreshes the closer you get to the deadline.
Dem0ltion
8 years ago
Should i use the lower cantina nodes for more tries?
drval85
8 years ago
Yes.
giorda2608
8 years ago
It depends on how many crystals you earn each day
With 3x refresh(300) per day you should make in time.
gazlaLFC
8 years ago
"Demo1ition;c-1406578" wrote:
Should i use the lower cantina nodes for more tries?

Yes. Dont ever go for the higher cost shards in cantina. There is no added benefit other than a few more credits and guild currency
Dem0ltion
8 years ago
I was doing the higher node for ben but i wanted cassians ship for chimera. That's done in plenty of time, I should have stuck with lower. Thanks.
murmelz
8 years ago
and you can get shards in guild store and guild event store from time to time. you should be fine.
J0W0K
8 years ago
Three refreshes of 120 energy is 360, you get 120 every 24 hours too plus the bonus 45 energy to give 525 cantina energy a day. Use the 8 energy nodes and you can sim 65 battles a day, provided RNG is neutral and you get the 1/3 drop rate you can expect get around 22 shards a day.

This will cost 300 a day but you should only need one day of Ben farming and 4 days of Luke farming costing you 1500 crystals in refreshes. Luke has his light side node too and might appear in guild events store so keep an eye out.

Provided you just focus in those two you should get them to 7* with at least one day left. Still need to gear, level and mod them for the event though.
royerl
8 years ago
You may find this helpful http://apps.crouchingrancor.com/Calculators/CantinaPlanner