The shard shop 2.0 IS AMAZING [MERGE]
that is basically the free to play player answer for decades. Having access to raid gear by another way than raid and crystal. This update got me really thrilled with theses affordable prices from the...
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"Vohbo;c-1278867" wrote:
That is only one interpretation.
Arena - 2000 arena tokens = 1 million credits OR 300 shards. Given the choice between 5 million or 1 full stun gun/stun cuff, it's not obvious that 5 million is always better. Conclusion: player option, take whatever you need more.
Galactic War: This nets us a maximum of 225 shards a day (or 228 if you have maxed ships)
Guild Store: 660 tokens = 2 salvages OR 124 shards (enough for 4 salvages). It seems obvious that you should convert all guild currency into shards now instead of buying gear with it.
Bronzium + GW rewards: This is obviously good, so can't really argue about anything.
Fleet store: If you want to buy gear through the fleet store, prices have gone up by quite a bit, but I don't really know anyone who used these tokens for gear other than that they had no other option. You can still convert at the same rate as for Galactic War, a potential maximum of 342 shards a day (if you have maxed ships).
All in all, it's good to steer players away from using this currency for gear, as there are many ships and characters here people should be farming, as well as a near infinite amount of zetas that are needed.
The argument that people can't buy gear without 7-star characters seems a little strange to me. I had a 7-star character at around the time I unlocked the fleet store. It certainly would be unadvisable to use your fleet tokens for gear at that stage of the game anyway.
All in all I think most people are going to come out ahead, and with more options.
Well it took me a while to get a 7* on my alt account as it was not needed (only tier 5 and 6 raids) and even now that I have some 7* toons, the shard shop is still not an option with how slow the currency builds up. And this will be true for most newer or midrange players. And since zetas only show up at lvl 85 or so anyone below that won't farm zetas anyway.
Yes ships are important but the gear is also maybe even a bit more as you can place good in ship arena without too much hassle. This is a severe drawback for anyone but high end gamers. And still the Shard currency builds up slowly the more toons you need (for platoons, raids, arena). So I highly doubt that the majority will come out ahead...
