Stun Cuffs - seriously?

Buy them is at least a helpful response haha

This is working as intended. You have 2 options:
1- open up that wallet and boom! Stun cuffs for days with crystals
2- petition them to add stun cuffs/guns to guild shipments.

Everything they do is to hinder your progress in hopes you'll get bored and just buy what you need.

Additionally, I consistently place #1 in raids and am always top 10. The drops don't get better as you move up lol been months since i've seen a full stun cuff. I only get the 14salvage pieces. Although, a few guild members have had good luck in the 25-35 range with full pieces dropping for them.

If I place under 20, I get 14 shards on a rare occasion. Missed most of a raid, placed 34, full stun cuff

Just save up some crystals and prioritise your toons, pretty sure that 1000 pieces gets halved at least. I'm FTP, I spend 100 on a cantina refresh because pretty much all useful toons are in there and save the rest. Every now and then I can buy a 50piece purple, furnace, droid caller etc to complement what I've earned in raids and stuff without the hassle of RNG.

Maybe they will address "old gear" by putting more in guild shipments or something when the new raid drops but that's not till August.

A little off topic here but, I've never gotten a full gear piece from placing in the top 3 on T7 raids. I've gotten several full pieces (no cuffs or guns of course) by placing in the mid levels...25-40. There's something seriously wrong with that.

Honestly, I rarely even try to place top 3 anymore even though I'm capable of it, because it only hurts my gear progression. Of course, if you're working on credits, Han shards, or guild tokens, the higher you place the better.

Close your eyes and begin to relax. Take a deep breath, and let it out
slowly. Concentrate on your breathing. With each breath you become more
relaxed. Imagine a brilliant white light above you, focusing on this light as
it flows through your body. Allow yourself to drift off as you fall deeper and
deeper into a more relaxed state of mind. Now as I count backward from ten to
one, you will fill more peaceful, and you will not need any stun guns.
Ten. Nine. Eight. Seven. Six.
You will enter a safe place where you will not need any stun cuffs.
Five. Four. Three. Two.
If at any time you need to came back, all you must do is open your eyes.
One

All of the farmable 50-needed mats suck to get. If they were easy to get they wouldn't make money by selling them. Sucks, but it's true.

Just finished farming 100 to G9 wedge. Yes. It is a pain, especially when you're to trying to grind gear for Jawas at the same time.

I had better drop luck with Light 8-G and Dark 8-C than any other source, but that was probably just coincidental.

I needed about 800 at one point and I just had to grind. I refuse to buy them which was my choice.
It made the game a little boring n static but manage to a farm a couple of hundred of last few weeks is my toons are better now.

Keep going... you will get there

True ... but the drop rate on these cuffs is around 10% at best