What to do with Cantina Energy - A Case Study
So I finally reached the end of the farmable characters in the cantina and was faced with a decision about what to do with the energy that accumulates.
First some data. Provided you keep depleting it, you get 5 cantina energy per hour (1 point every 12 minutes), as well as 45 bonus energy once per day.
Option 1) Farm shards for the shard store.
At a rate of 165 energy per day, I can do 16.5 pulls of Node 3-F. With a .33 chance of getting a KRU shard and a TIE Silencer shard, I will get 5.445 shards of each, and by extension ~185 extra shard shop currency per day. With this I can get 6 pieces of Stun Gun/Cuff/Carbanti salvage.
Option 2) Hoard the energy.
Do 3 pulls on node 1-A for 24 energy to complete daily activities. Bank the additional 21 bonus energy (as the regular amount will stop accruing). Using this method, I could potentially bank at least 1300 cantina energy by the time another marquee character shows up, unless Ebon Hawk unexpectedly gets sent there. This would give me roughly a 27-54 shard head start, maybe more depending on when the next character shows up and on what energy node they are placed. (Also get 1 Geo Soldier shard daily for 15 shard shop currency).
Option 3) Farm Omegas
Do ~10 pulls per day on any of the last board of nodes. Anecdotally I've heard the drop rate for Omegas is about 10%, so roughly 1 extra Omega per day. (Also get 3 character shards for 45 shard shop currency)
I'm leaning towards Option 1, but I'm curious to hear what others are doing.
First some data. Provided you keep depleting it, you get 5 cantina energy per hour (1 point every 12 minutes), as well as 45 bonus energy once per day.
Option 1) Farm shards for the shard store.
At a rate of 165 energy per day, I can do 16.5 pulls of Node 3-F. With a .33 chance of getting a KRU shard and a TIE Silencer shard, I will get 5.445 shards of each, and by extension ~185 extra shard shop currency per day. With this I can get 6 pieces of Stun Gun/Cuff/Carbanti salvage.
Option 2) Hoard the energy.
Do 3 pulls on node 1-A for 24 energy to complete daily activities. Bank the additional 21 bonus energy (as the regular amount will stop accruing). Using this method, I could potentially bank at least 1300 cantina energy by the time another marquee character shows up, unless Ebon Hawk unexpectedly gets sent there. This would give me roughly a 27-54 shard head start, maybe more depending on when the next character shows up and on what energy node they are placed. (Also get 1 Geo Soldier shard daily for 15 shard shop currency).
Option 3) Farm Omegas
Do ~10 pulls per day on any of the last board of nodes. Anecdotally I've heard the drop rate for Omegas is about 10%, so roughly 1 extra Omega per day. (Also get 3 character shards for 45 shard shop currency)
I'm leaning towards Option 1, but I'm curious to hear what others are doing.
