Time to quit

03568aiws8it wrote:

Please explain why my padme is g12 with no way of advancing unless I by an item for crystals from the store.

Ok then.

Padme G12->G13 gear list and how to obtain the stuff:

mk5 stun gun salvage (50) -> accumulates over time from daily gear challenges (holotable called Challenges in the main cantina screen, the TAC Gear Challenge); bought with mk1 raid tokens in Guild Activity shipments; farmable from a bunch of nodes, I'm not listing all of them

mk8 biotech implant component aka the golden eyeballs (50) -> same gear challenge as mk5 stun guns; bought with mk1 raid tokens; farmable on nodes, take a look around, I'm not going to do literally everything for you mate

mk8 electrobinoculars component (50) -> bought with mk1 raid tokens in Guild Activity shipments; bought with GET1 (mk1 Guild Event Tokens) in Guild Events shipments

mk8 nubian security scanner salvage (120) -> bought witk mk2 raid tokens; farmable directly from Normal Fleet node 5F; bought with GET1 in Guild Events shipments; Shard Shop

mk7 nubian design tech salvage (40) -> bought with mk2 raid tokens; farmable directly from Normal Light Side 9H; bought with GET1 in Guild Events shipments; Shard Shop

mk7 syringe salvage (40) -> bought with mk2 raid tokens; farmable directly from Normal Fleet 5G; bought with GET1 in Guild Events shipments; Shard Shop

mk12 multitool salvage (60) -> bought with GET1 or mk2 raid tokens; farmable from Normal Dark Side 9D; Shard Shop

mk12 armatek armor plate salvage (30) -> bought with GET1 or mk2 raid tokens; farmable from Normal Light Side 9A; Shard Shop

mk12 czerka implant prototype salvage (40) -> bought with GET2 (mk2 Guild Event Tokens) or mk2 raid tokens; farm node is Normal Fleet 3D; Shard Shop

mk12 czerka syringe prototype salvage (40) -> bought with GET2 or mk2 raid tokens; farm node is Normal Fleet 4A; Shard Shop

mk12 stun gun salvage (50) -> boight with GET2 or mk2 raid tokens; farm node is Normal Fleet 3E; Shard Shop

mk12 hololens salvage (100) -> bought with GET2 or mk2 raid tokens; farm node is Normal Fleet 3C; Shard Shop

injector head salvage (50) -> all three injector types have farm nodes but I can't be bothered to look them up. I can tell you that I have never seen anyone complain about the availability of this particular component because injectors seems to accumulate by themselves from different random loot drops; I have all characters at G13 and the vast majority of them got there not through Light Speed Bundles or Light Speed Tokens, but through applying gear directly. I don't recall ever once having to actually farm injectors or buy them with crystals. They just always seem to be in abundance. Of course, for a new player, this might not be true. So... you can farm it from a node. I am 100% absolutely positively sure that it is farmable from a node somewhere. 

Also, all gear also has a chance to be a random loot drop from different events. If you expect me to list them... haha no. I ain't your researcher. 

Generally speaking, farming gear from nodes is a terrible idea, it's horribly inefficient, slow, and it will take forever. SWGOH is a resource management game. As you progress and gain access to more sources of gear, old bottlenecks will graually disappear and will be replaced with others. Your ability to accumulate gear snowballs over time. You can't expect to have access to everything after 3 months. SWGOH and other games in this genre simply aren't designed to be "maxed out" in 3 months. These are games people play for years. If that's a dealbreaker for you, then you're right. It's time to quit. 

You shouldn't buy any gear directly with crystals. 

Any other questions?