I would definitely quit farming Baze, he's a good toon but he's on a 20 energy node, and the only content for which he was necessary (Hoth TB) is no longer that relevant. Shoretrooper is a similar situation, although he's still much more useful. These are characters whose time has come and gone, and there are much much better uses for that energy now. You should not be farming toons who were great over a year ago instead of toons who are great now or are likely to be great in the future (or are required to unlock a legendary/journey character).
I would not abandon character farms altogether though, you should be working on getting ready to unlock DR and Malak, and probably be preparing for GeoTB. I almost never farm gear, I get almost all my gear from raids and the various shops. The drop rates on purple/gold gear are so abysmal that I can't stomach farming them off nodes unless I only need a couple of that particular piece. This approach has worked out well for me, but that may be because I score top 3 in raids. If you don't consistently get enough gear from raids and you don't have enough of the shop currencies to acquire gear that way, you may need to farm some.
