HR Soldier Farming

"Nikoms565;c-1235264" wrote:
Having a single, random, useless character as a "gate" is uber-lame.

Not much of a gate right? Would just help you to achieve your goals quicker?

Hey all, I wanted to throw some perspective onto this Hoth Soldier farming dilemma. He is only available on the one hard node, DS3B, which requires 12 energy to run. Without spending crystals, you can run this node 5 times per day, using 60 energy. We all know this.

• Farm every day: 5* HRSo in 87 days -- 7* in 198 days. Cost: 60 energy/day.
  
• Buy a refresh for 50 crystals: 44 days for 5*, 99 days for 7*. Cost: 120 energy/day.
  
• Buy another 50 refresh: 5* in 29 days, 7* in 66 days. Cost: 180 energy/day

On the timescale of this game, it does not take that long to get the Soldier to 5* if you can devote 100 crystals/day to refreshing the node, and you can do it with free energy. Just buckle down and get to it.

He's in the TB store

"EventineElessedil;c-1235282" wrote:
Hey all, I wanted to throw some perspective onto this Hoth Soldier farming dilemma. He is only available on the one hard node, DS3B, which requires 12 energy to run. Without spending crystals, you can run this node 5 times per day, using 60 energy. We all know this.

• Farm every day: 5* HRSo in 87 days -- 7* in 198 days. Cost: 60 energy/day.
  
• Buy a refresh for 50 crystals: 44 days for 5*, 99 days for 7*. Cost: 120 energy/day.
  
• Buy another 50 refresh: 5* in 29 days, 7* in 66 days. Cost: 180 energy/day

On the timescale of this game, it does not take that long to get the Soldier to 5* if you can devote 100 crystals/day to refreshing the node, and you can do it with free energy. Just buckle down and get to it.

nvm, you're good. Man, the last week has been a strange thing on my minds ability to think on the spot. I think this kickboxing I just started is taxing my mind too much.

"Ender22;c-1235292" wrote:

"EventineElessedil;c-1235282" wrote:
Hey all, I wanted to throw some perspective onto this Hoth Soldier farming dilemma. He is only available on the one hard node, DS3B, which requires 12 energy to run. Without spending crystals, you can run this node 5 times per day, using 60 energy. We all know this.

• Farm every day: 5* HRSo in 87 days -- 7* in 198 days. Cost: 60 energy/day.
  
• Buy a refresh for 50 crystals: 44 days for 5*, 99 days for 7*. Cost: 120 energy/day.
  
• Buy another 50 refresh: 5* in 29 days, 7* in 66 days. Cost: 180 energy/day

On the timescale of this game, it does not take that long to get the Soldier to 5* if you can devote 100 crystals/day to refreshing the node, and you can do it with free energy. Just buckle down and get to it.

Where are you getting 87 days for 145 shards? At 5 tries a day, and an assumed 1/3 drop, you'll average 1.666667 shards a day.

That's 241 days without refresh

You should be dividing 145 by 1.667, not multiplying....

145/1.667 = 87
330/1.667 = 198

"Nikoms565;c-1235264" wrote:
Having a single, random, useless character as a "gate" is uber-lame. The fact that it is a Rebel is even weaker.

If CG wants to gate content, make it difficult, don't use arbitrary silliness.

Seriously, what's next? 7* CUP required to unlock Padme? 7* Mob Enforcer to snag 3PO? :(

The more I'm hearing about TB, the less I like.

Nobone forces you to play TB.

"CamaroAMF;c-1235297" wrote:

"Ender22;c-1235292" wrote:

"EventineElessedil;c-1235282" wrote:
Hey all, I wanted to throw some perspective onto this Hoth Soldier farming dilemma. He is only available on the one hard node, DS3B, which requires 12 energy to run. Without spending crystals, you can run this node 5 times per day, using 60 energy. We all know this.

• Farm every day: 5* HRSo in 87 days -- 7* in 198 days. Cost: 60 energy/day.
  
• Buy a refresh for 50 crystals: 44 days for 5*, 99 days for 7*. Cost: 120 energy/day.
  
• Buy another 50 refresh: 5* in 29 days, 7* in 66 days. Cost: 180 energy/day

On the timescale of this game, it does not take that long to get the Soldier to 5* if you can devote 100 crystals/day to refreshing the node, and you can do it with free energy. Just buckle down and get to it.

Where are you getting 87 days for 145 shards? At 5 tries a day, and an assumed 1/3 drop, you'll average 1.666667 shards a day.

That's 241 days without refresh

You should be dividing 145 by 1.667, not multiplying....

145/1.667 = 87
330/1.667 = 198

Yeah, I ended up seeing that.

Been having some strange days. Yesterday has some trouble with multiplying matrices. The concept was simple, if a bit lengthy in step. But every time I told myself I knew what was up, my mind boggled it again. Highly unusual for me

I've maxed out all of Soldier's nodes every day for the past week. I've gotten 3 shards total, even with the 5x per day.

"Neo2551;c-1235308" wrote:

"Nikoms565;c-1235264" wrote:
Having a single, random, useless character as a "gate" is uber-lame. The fact that it is a Rebel is even weaker.

If CG wants to gate content, make it difficult, don't use arbitrary silliness.

Seriously, what's next? 7* CUP required to unlock Padme? 7* Mob Enforcer to snag 3PO? :(

The more I'm hearing about TB, the less I like.

Nobone forces you to play TB.

Correct. If I don't want any of the characters... or to help my guild..or G12 gear...then my arena rank can plummet without G12 and GW will become impossible, as I am sure there will be G12 teams nodes 9-11. Also it's likely that future content will requite both the new heroes and g12 toons. So my in-game progress would basically freeze. But yes, you are correct.

"Nikoms565;c-1235328" wrote:

"Neo2551;c-1235308" wrote:

"Nikoms565;c-1235264" wrote:
Having a single, random, useless character as a "gate" is uber-lame. The fact that it is a Rebel is even weaker.

If CG wants to gate content, make it difficult, don't use arbitrary silliness.

Seriously, what's next? 7* CUP required to unlock Padme? 7* Mob Enforcer to snag 3PO? :(

The more I'm hearing about TB, the less I like.

Nobone forces you to play TB.

Correct. If I don't want any of the characters... or to help my guild..or G12 gear...then my arena rank can plummet without G12 and GW will become impossible, as I am sure there will be G12 teams nodes 9-11. Also it's likely that future content will requite both the new heroes and g12 toons. So my in-game progress would basically freeze. But yes, you are correct.

^ this. When whales say "no ones forcing you..." In fact, yes they are. If we don't want to be stuck in this game, we MUST give in to CG's insanity.