First of all. Big thanks to the devs for explicitly stating the drop rates.Now, the math:330 shards / 4% drop rate per energy = 8,250 energy that needs to be spent to 7*. Free fleet energy per day is 165 including the free 45 refresh. That would equate to 50 days to 7*. Refreshes would obviously improve that as below:1 refresh - 29 days2 refreshes - 21 days3 refreshes - 16 days4 refreshes - 13 daysThe event runs for 5 days per the post. To 7* in that time, you would need to spend 1,650 energy per day. That's 12.5 refreshes per day.

Good point - but after 4 days it's going to move to another type of node (hence the chase?).So if you want to be cost effective farming I'd wait until it moves out of fleet, which is a horribly expensive energy.

@CG_SBCrumb With 4 days before its release, can we expect a kit reveal?

"Roguetechna;c-1768476" wrote:@CG_SBCrumb With 4 days before its release, can we expect a kit reveal?Lol

"HK22;c-1768473" wrote:6,600 Energy will net you a 7 Star Palps Shuttle if you landed every drop.6,800-7,200 Energy is probably a more realistic expectation of what to expect to get it the first time.Energy Calculations: 20 Energy = 1 Shard (At 80% Drop Rate)This isn't really how drop rates work. It'll take you about 8,250 energy, no matter what.

Don't take the bait fellas. Spend your stress and your crystals on getting those BH ships and get the Falcon, if you don't have it, or need to continue to improve it. Just way better odds.

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trystanspyder
6 years ago
Good point - but after 4 days it's going to move to another type of node (hence the chase?).

So if you want to be cost effective farming I'd wait until it moves out of fleet, which is a horribly expensive energy.
Roguetechna
6 years ago
@CG_SBCrumb With 4 days before its release, can we expect a kit reveal?
icanectc
6 years ago
"Roguetechna;c-1768476" wrote:
@CG_SBCrumb With 4 days before its release, can we expect a kit reveal?

Lol
chionophobe
6 years ago
"HK22;c-1768473" wrote:
6,600 Energy will net you a 7 Star Palps Shuttle if you landed every drop.
6,800-7,200 Energy is probably a more realistic expectation of what to expect to get it the first time.

Energy Calculations: 20 Energy = 1 Shard (At 80% Drop Rate)

This isn't really how drop rates work. It'll take you about 8,250 energy, no matter what.
FilthyJawa
6 years ago
Don't take the bait fellas. Spend your stress and your crystals on getting those BH ships and get the Falcon, if you don't have it, or need to continue to improve it. Just way better odds.
settyc99
6 years ago
"FilthyJawa;c-1768513" wrote:
Don't take the bait fellas. Spend your stress and your crystals on getting those BH ships and get the Falcon, if you don't have it, or need to continue to improve it. Just way better odds.

Unless they make palp's shuttle a direct counter to the falcon.
NotRealUltra
Seasoned Newcomer
6 years ago
"Vos_Landeck;c-1768542" wrote:
"theatomicpun;d-194700" wrote:

The event runs for 5 days per the post. To 7* in that time, you would need to spend 1,650 energy per day. That's 12.5 refreshes per day.

Yeah, it's pretty obvious this is not something intended for people to get it to 7* in 4 days. Remains to be seen whether it will be recurring with a break before it returns or whether it will just rotate to different tables in a continuous fashion.

Can't wait for the event to go away and then everyone complain about it being in platoons
theatomicpun
6 years ago
"HK22;c-1768493" wrote:
"chionophile;c-1768479" wrote:
"HK22;c-1768473" wrote:
6,600 Energy will net you a 7 Star Palps Shuttle if you landed every drop.
6,800-7,200 Energy is probably a more realistic expectation of what to expect to get it the first time.

Energy Calculations: 20 Energy = 1 Shard (At 80% Drop Rate)

This isn't really how drop rates work. It'll take you about 8,250 energy, no matter what.

I am willing to meet you in the middle and say 7600. The thing with this event it is ANY hard node meaning that you do not have to spend energy on node refreshes. That fact alone will save people crystals.

Lol it's statistics, not opinion. Look at it this way:
20 energy nodes have an 80% drop rate, or 4 out of 5.

So for every 5 attempts (100 energy) you can expect 4 shards.

100 energy / 4 shards is 25 energy spent per shard.

You need 330 shards total to 7*.

330*25 is 8,250 total energy.

Yes some people will come out spending less, but others will spend more. It's statistics, that's how it works.
chionophobe
6 years ago
"HK22;c-1768564" wrote:
First of all, I hated statistics. I acknowledge its usefulness, but it is not something I enjoy. The average of our two numbers is 7,425. So an average player is going to spend about 7,500 with as you said a high degree of variance. Someone could create a poll to see how much it took to find out of the average is true or not.

Additionally, this does not factor in the potential standard release pack of 25 shards. Yay, math.

Still not how statistics works. The average player will have to spend 8,250 energy to get a 7* Shuttle in the five days it's on fleet nodes. That's going to be the average. It's not really up for debate, it's relatively simple math.

There may be some as low as 7500, but they'll be outliers. You can't average 8250 with the number you pulled out of thin air and claim that's the average.
kieronkumar
6 years ago
"HK22;c-1768564" wrote:
First of all, I hated statistics. I acknowledge its usefulness, but it is not something I enjoy. The average of our two numbers is 7,425. So an average player is going to spend about 7,500 with as you said a high degree of variance. Someone could create a poll to see how much it took to find out of the average is true or not.

Additionally, this does not factor in the potential standard release pack of 25 shards. Yay, math.

Lol I love this. chionophile calculated the average energy it would take to 7*. You then pulled a number out of nowhere based on a 100% drop rate and now you're trying to compromise using the average of your two numbers? That's not how maths works.