You probably aren’t going to earn enough shards in Easy mode.
Your best bet in conquest is to really start focusing on building teams that are highly flexible in conquest. For me, this meant CLS, GG, DR/Malak, Traya/Trio, JKR, Padme…they don’t have to all by fully relic’d, but you need to get key toons on each team to relics.
Examples: my original CLS team was r7 CLS, r4 Han/Chewie, g11 Chewpio, and g10 Old Ben. I’ve since swapped out C3PO for Old Ben, but you can get a lot done in hard conquest with that team.
GG is r7, BB1 is r4, Magna is r3, B2 is g12 (was g10/11 until recently), g11 Nute.
JKR is r4, GMY is r3, JKA is r7, GK is r4, and JB/BS are g12.
My Sith are all r5 or higher, because SEE was my first GL grind.
I complete hard mode every conquest, usually chest 5.
There’s no shortcut, you just need to look at your farming plan (what GL you’re working towards), and then trying to fill out your roster with some key auxiliary teams around that. It’s going to take months, but eventually you’ll be able to start making it through normal, and the hard.
