Farming Gear in Hard Nodes
Is it more efficient to farm gear from hard nodes? For example I need mk5 stun guns and mk5 detonators. I can farm the guns and detonators from easy nodes for 10 energy each, or I can farm them from t...
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The drop rate is completely identical (20% for purples) no matter the node. So a 10 energy node with one item you need is giving you an identical return on investment over time to a 20 energy node with two items.
The benefit is the possibility of getting shards that you might need, or that will feed the shard shop if you already have them. The drawback is that you can only do it 3 times before the node needs to be refreshed. It's not a consistent source of gear you can spend all your daily energy+50 crystal refreshes each day. Also there is no node with both cuffs, and guns on it.
I just sim the normal 10 energy node for either cuffs or guns each day (minus 1-2 characters I'm hard farming). Then on hard node activity day I hit any that have 2 useful 50 piece purple gear items on them.
The benefit is the possibility of getting shards that you might need, or that will feed the shard shop if you already have them. The drawback is that you can only do it 3 times before the node needs to be refreshed. It's not a consistent source of gear you can spend all your daily energy+50 crystal refreshes each day. Also there is no node with both cuffs, and guns on it.
I just sim the normal 10 energy node for either cuffs or guns each day (minus 1-2 characters I'm hard farming). Then on hard node activity day I hit any that have 2 useful 50 piece purple gear items on them.
