Darth Nihilus farm?

Depends (of course) on how much you invest. 8 attempts per day should net you 2.66 shards per day average over the length of the farm.

Assuming you are starting at 0 shards, that is right around 124 days to 7*.

A single crystal refresh of the node (currently only 25 crystals) cuts that time in half.

Too long. Like every hard node farm.

A very long time. In more realistic terms, just Google the average drop rate of hard node farms and divide it by the amount of times you sim it per day. There's your answer.

Damn. Thanks guys. Might as well buy the 8 attempts per day because of the crystals I get from daily activities and squad arena. Reven comes later.

"Spiffyguild_43;d-184677" wrote:
Hey I just unlocked the node for Darth nihilus to be farmable. How long will it take for me to unlock him? Thanks guys.

You should be able to get an average of 8 shards a day if you refresh his node twice (75 crystals a day). Should take 1 week to unlock him (56 shards; 50 shards to unlock)

I should be able to afford refreshing him twice but then I might not have enough energy to start getting some of his gear ready for him in his higher levels. Also credits is also a minor problem. But I’ll just wait for the next credit heist event to roll around for that one.

His hear 12 is rough. Good luck i had too many other characters to focus on so i left at gear 11

Honestly the increase from 5 to 8 attempts for hard nodes the reduced refresh rate starting at 25 Crystal's for the 1st refresh has made the hard mode farm a lot more reasonable in my opinion. Starting fresh definitely adds some time to your farm, but it's not terrible if you refresh at least once a day (twice ideally). Also, if you have a decent Phoenix or NS team and get lucky with drops, the Secrets and Shadows event can provide you with some extra Nihilus shards each time it comes around.

So I'd have to agree with one of the above posters that it should take about 1 week to unlock if you refresh twice a day. From there I'd say maybe 2-3 months to get to 6-7 star depending if you consistently refresh once or twice daily, get lucky with drops when Secrets and Shadows comes around, and occassionally buy Nihilius shards from shipments when you have the extra Crystal's.

I tend to get a lot of 0/8 farms lately.
Currently farming Bastilla, Bossk and RT on hard nodes...
Finished my DN a while back and boy, did that take long.