Where's a good place to dump Cantina energy? Also, what chars have shards at higher levels?

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So sometimes I have extra Cantina energy and need to use it so I usually sim (because Cantina battles take forever) on one of the shard fights. I used the Chewbacca and Talia ones to help get each to 4*. I've also gotten the odd Luke shard, I think I have 11 now.
I'm now "stuck" because I've cleared out the second level but am 2 character levels away from being able to do the 3rd set. In the opinions of the experts here, which has more "staying power" later in the game, Chewie or Talia? I'm thinking Talia because she's my only dark side healer (I don't plan to get Old Daka at this time.) But Chewie, despite being unremarkable, is very useful.
Luke.. I dunno. He can hit hard but he's kinda plain Jane, and really, Luke Skywalker with a gun? Meh.
Finally, are there any "cool" shards in the 3rd or higher sets that it might be worth planning for in the future?
Appreciate it!

slushie83 · Answer

I'd agree with farming Talia since she's the only dark side healer if you're not planning to go for Old Daka any time soon. And you definitely need a healer to push the later stages of Dark Side campaign.

Here's the break down for 3rd and 4th stage Cantina so you can decide what's worth looking forward to.

3A: Jedi Consular
3C: IG-100 MagnaGuard
3G: Biggs Darklighter
4A: Mace Windu
4E: IG-86 Sentinel Droid
4G: Plo Koon

qeltarr · Answer

Thanks Slushie! Those are rather underwhelming. :/ Mace is okay but hasn't impressed me much the times I have tried him. Are any others underrated in some way?
Consular is about to be relegated to the sidelines once I get Luminara. But it will still be good to have another way to level him.
I wish Cantina energy wasn't so expensive. :(

slushie83 · Answer

Yeah I think energy costs are way too high across the board right now. Especially with the slow rate of recharge.

I'm not sure how far into the LS/DS campaigns you are but from Stage 5 onwards normal and hard energy costs go up to 8 and 16! Which is ridiculous, especially when Barriss Offee shards are only able to be farmed in 5C and 5E Dark Side.

Edit: Oh I forgot to say that Cantina energy costs actually go up to 10 per fight from Stage 3 and 4 :s

I keep saying that the energy costs should be reduced to 4/8 for normal/hard and then 6/12 for Stage 5 and up, and Cantina should be 6 and 8. Hopefully if I say it enough on these forums someone at EA will notice and change it :#

I haven't got Mace or Plo Koon so can't really comment on their usefulness to be honest.

That's why I've just been farming Consular shards because I wanted a decent healer for GW/Arena.

qeltarr · Answer

"Slushie;4288" wrote:I'm not sure how far into the LS/DS campaigns you are but from Stage 5 onwards normal and hard energy costs go up to 8 and 16! Which is ridiculous, especially when Barriss Offee shards are only able to be farmed in 5C and 5E Dark Side.Edit: Oh I forgot to say that Cantina energy costs actually go up to 10 per fight from Stage 3 and 4  :s Are you serious? No, I hadn't gone that far. :(No wonder people just make 7* of characters they can get in the PvP arena instead of bothering with that nonsense. But really, what kind of game is that, where you choose your team based on where you can get resources instead of strategy? It's not even like the better chars are all harder to get, it seems to be semi-random.They need to make the energy system less greedy. I do appreciate that there are other non-energy things to do in this game, though, at least.

bryanking2015 · Answer

Getting a crew.."the crew" the perfect crew will never happen. They will constantly be adding new characters which will change the whole landscape of balance by creating or completing different synergies within teams. The game will be ever evolving until its no longer profitable. Which judging by there system of IAP's they are raking in some dough.

Its best to get a crew you enjoy playing regardless if they are the very best team or not and take next month or so and just grind to 60. I truly believe things will balance out there.

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