GAC matchmaking...again

"TheGraySatyr;c-1958978" wrote:
Congratulations on getting the characters already that I have grinded for everyday. I have a lot of frustration about this already, but I am glad to see it has worked for you. Since I have not been able to collect as many crystals in squad arena, (Lucky to make to close to rank 150, often 200+), I am doing the very best that rng allows. Again, on me not you. Matchmaking is on CG. That is my issue.

No, you did not fail to get Darth Revan because you did not spend money. And you did not fail to get Darth Revan because you had bad luck. And you did not fail to get Darth Revan because you don't earn enough crystals.

You failed because you managed your resources poorly.

Here is what it took to get Darth Revan second pass, worst case: One node refresh per day on Carth, Juhani, and maybe Bastila. One ship energy refresh every third day. That's 108 crystals per day. Daily activities are 65. GW is 25. Daily box averages out to around 20 crystals a day. That's enough crystals per day that you could have gotten Darth Revan second pass before considering any crystals from squad arena, fleet arena, the calendar, Territory Battles, the bounty board, or make goods.

Here is what it took to be ready for Darth Revan third pass. Starting on time. Zero crystals.

You say you have been spending energy on Carth for a "long long time," and you are still sub six stars. From the sound of things, you've been here at least long enough that you were part of the Carth marquee at the end of last year. That means to go from the 50 shards the marquee gave you to 6 stars is 180 shards. At 5 attempts per day and a 1/3 drop rate, that's 108 days of farming. While yes, luck can play a factor and there's some swing to that number, that's a swing of a couple of weeks. Not a quarter of a year.

So this leaves us with several possibilities.

POSSIBILITY 1: The most likely possibility. You have been farming Carth at five attempts per day since early June or late May with no node refreshes. For a character who went farmable in February. For an event that was announced in March. That means you were sitting on the farm for at least two months, maybe as much as four. Two months' farming at 5 attempts a day is 100 shards. Some of that window from Carth's release to when you started farming was at 8 attempts/day, and there was a double drop event in there, so starting on time would have yielded well over 100 shards, probably enough to be done by now.

POSSIBILITY 2: You are using node refreshes, and started significantly later than June, meaning you've been putting off the farm significantly longer.

POSSIBILITY 3: You have been "farming" Carth for significantly longer, but you haven't stuck to the farm, and have either done less than five attempts per day on a consistent basis or have stopped outright for other priorities for extended periods of time.

POSSIBILITY 4: You have had astronomically bad luck, to a highly implausible degree. This is the least likely possibility.

You do not have Revan right now because of your own decision making.