Further feedback regarding recent changes
So don't get me wrong. I like a lot of the new changes. I like the episode format in general.
I do not like event battles that offer no rewards. It's especially annoying to be unable to farm shards on capital ship events now, but the frustration is the same in Gungans, Sabine, and so on. Events should ALWAYS offer rewards. Even if you're too stingy to give shards as rewards, make sure you give something. Hell, give currencies if nothing else. but rather, give shards. We either need them, or we'll convert them to shard shop currency for other stuff we need.
And another shard related shortcoming I think you should address... In the Episode Shipments, you should always offer two opportunities to buy shards for the current marquee character. One of which can be behind an Episode+ wall if you like. Optimally, I would like to see, if the player puts in enough effort, the ability to get a marquee character to 7 stars solely with Episode/Event tasks.