I've Got GAS.

"Granolo;c-2367932" wrote:
Do you guys really go for the "hard path" when there's Scavengers at the end? I found it worthless, I only go through the hard path for data discs, never for scavenger. That gives me half of the sector with more choices and more opportunities to go for feat farming.

Anecdotal, but I’ve noticed that the Scavenger hard path usually has teams with fewer ranks of Prepared. Not all the time, of course, but a couple times per Conquest I see the hard path be easier. (Or at least the first few, then I jump off and into the regular path)