What to spend crystals on after energy refreshes?

"LordDirt;c-2405821" wrote:

"Obi_six_Kenobi;c-2405813" wrote:
For those of you that board it for special events, what do you spend it on once an event comes where you feel it is worth it?

Do you spend it on these?

I spend crystals on meta changing stuff.

They why did you spend on Prof ;)

So just preemptively tossing my mod stats at the top. I know they’re not awesome but they get the job done in all areas. I’ve always questioned the ROI for mod refreshes. I obviously don’t ignore mods but I just don’t see 54775 crystals a year on mod refreshes returning enough in rewards to be justified.

When you also consider that when mods are the most beneficial (early game) is also when you have the biggest crystal crunch, I just have a hard time telling people to spend a 1050 crystals a week on mod refreshes.

"Drathuk916;c-2405832" wrote:


So just preemptively tossing my mod stats at the top. I know they’re not awesome but they get the job done in all areas. I’ve always questioned the ROI for mod refreshes. I obviously don’t ignore mods but I just don’t see 54775 crystals a year on mod refreshes returning enough in rewards to be justified.

When you also consider that when mods are the most beneficial (early game) is also when you have the biggest crystal crunch, I just have a hard time telling people to spend a 1050 crystals a week on mod refreshes.

How long have you played and what is your GP and what is your GAC placement.

Consistent mod energy refreshes give better mods full stop.

I knew I draw your ire @tvf. I don’t disagree with anything you said. 9.6 million 5.5 year 3504 skill rating and I don’t spend much time on gac as I’m content with my income. My argument is if you don’t already have all 7 gls aphra sk profundity executor then your crystals are better spent getting the teams/ships you’re missing up then on improving mods on characters 50 plus in need.

Do it if you can afford it or prefer pvp more to pve. Im a pve fan. My crystals are better spent elsewhere but obviously ymmv

"Drathuk916;c-2405838" wrote:
I knew I draw your ire @tvf. I don’t disagree with anything you said. 9.6 million 5.5 year 3504 skill rating and I don’t spend much time on gac as I’m content with my income. My argument is if you don’t already have all 7 gls aphra sk profundity executor then your crystals are better spent getting the teams/ships you’re missing up then on improving mods on characters 50 plus in need.

Do it if you can afford it or prefer pvp more to pve. Im a pve fan. My crystals are better spent elsewhere but obviously ymmv

Fair points.

Oh and to answer ops question. I’m not a crystal hoarder. I believe hoarding doesn’t make sense until you’re at the tip of the spear. So 600 daily refreshes. Shard farming refreshes if I have a character required for an unlock. Relic mats occasionally and circuit boards occasionally. 3 x 50 conquest energies. As I unlocked aphra on Sunday, I will be saving crystals to expedite tusken and cal characters as they become farmable.

I don’t buy kyros as my limiting factor is relics even more so with the recent change. I don’t buy shards unless actively working on say bt for aphra unlock. Once I get to 20k I’ll probably add in mod refreshes until I burn that 20k on shards for cal requirements.

"TVF;c-2405831" wrote:

"LordDirt;c-2405821" wrote:

"Obi_six_Kenobi;c-2405813" wrote:
For those of you that board it for special events, what do you spend it on once an event comes where you feel it is worth it?

Do you spend it on these?

I spend crystals on meta changing stuff.

They why did you spend on Prof ;)

Helped a lot in Fleet Arena plus I was tired of Executor and I didnt know if it was going to be obsolete.

Doesn't seem like it matters in fleet arena to me.

"TVF;c-2405850" wrote:
Doesn't seem like it matters in fleet arena to me.

Like I said, I wasn't sure how the Executor would hold up in arena and I wasn't about to lose my 400 crystals a day.

Doesn't seem like it matters in fleet arena to me.

It made Fleet easier and it's also a fun fleet to run. Anything that reduces stress and increases fun is worth it to me. I play this game for fun, after all.

That said, I stopped spending on Prof at 6* because it already kicks ass and I don't need it to do anything more than it currently does to win my matches with ease and have fun with the rebel fleet. From here there's no more spending and it will hit 7* when it hits 7*.

Also, I'm spending 50-100 on Fleet refreshes, 100-150 on Mod refreshes, 100-150 on regular energy refreshes (all on Kyros), and 300 on Cantina. It's usually the upper end (so usually 700/day) but it drops to the lower end during if I'm spending a lot on Conquest energy or a Galactic Chase or when my crystals drop below 10k (almost always because of a Galactic Chase). On top of that, I'm usually spending 50/day on 2x 25 crystal node refreshes, so 750 total in my normal budget, dipping to 600-650 when I have to worry about other expenses or a low cache.

With my purchases from other income, this keeps a good balance of the various different things I need flowing in. The one exception is Kyros. Depending on my current project, I can find myself short enough on Kyros that I'm willing to spend crystals on them (since it's cheaper than spending 100 crystals for 120 energy worth of attempts).