Bastila farming - most efficient use of crystals

Yes, a straight node farm is cheaper. Assume a 30% drop rate

24 hard nodes x 30% drop rate = 8 shards. (cost of 75 crystals)
24 hard nodes x 16 energy = 384 energy (240 accumulated + 135 free = 375 -> 1 refresh required, cost of 50 crystals)
8 ship hard nodes X 30% drop rate = 2 shards (free)

10 shards per day for 125 crystals = 12.5 crystals per shard. Much cheaper than 80. As with all things in this game, you pay for speed.

You are correct. 24 hard node attempts will cost you 75 crystals, plus 50 crystals in energy. You should get 8 shards from that, so about 16 crystals per shard. Buying from shipments costs 80 crystals per shard. It was a better deal to refresh before the discounted refreshes, and a much better deal now.

But there is always RNG poking fun at you. Went two full refreshes and a full ship node run with max energy - Zero shards yesterday. Repeat today - Zero shards!

I know it works out in the long run but come on!

"ASD_Dad;c-1643930" wrote:
But there is always RNG poking fun at you. Went two full refreshes and a full ship node run with max energy - Zero shards yesterday. Repeat today - Zero shards!

I know it works out in the long run but come on!

Where as I was 4/4 on the hard node (used my 50 crystal refreshes on sion, nihilus, and talzin, will use free energy on bastila but not refresh her node... Will probably go 0/4 on the second half)

is the drop rate on Bastila really 30%?

I know that is the general assumption for most things, but i never experienced 30% for the vets. I applaud that CG is posting odds for the new packs - it is very cool. But, I'm still not trusting the shard drop rates.