I've been an active player for going on like 3 + years give or take. And while I do have a good supply of toons new and old up to 7 stars some of them were no easy task. While i know spending crystals on refreshes rather than shards from shipments is a much better payout, I've been trying to come up with a more efficient farming strategy that works with my limited crystal income. My shard farming tactic right now is shard farming in the morning before noon and using all remaining energy after 12pm for gear farming. I've been saving crystals for hard to farm gear and thought about other ways to increase my shard payout without blowing my crystal account. I thought that maybe saving any potential refreshes of hard modes until after 9pm so that whatever additional energy points spent could carry over into tomorrow's guild ticket accumulation. But what are some of your best strategies if there are any?

I tend to farm three hard nodes and two ship nodes without refreshes, then put the rest of the energy that day into gear on each, refreshing energy for that depending on how well I did in arenas or the urgency of the farm and such. If it's the cheap gear like Gold balls I'll buy the from shipments, otherwise not, I think it's cheaper than by three refreshes a day in those cases, but I could be wrong."WhoDat;c-2064522" wrote:It is presently impossible, the new requirements of old hard node characters plus new release hard node characters is a lock into cash unless you had everything farmed before Raddus. This is there new model, (read the Raddus developer insight) and expect the same for the next ship.... if you had everything farmed, you wouldn’t be asking... so I’m sorry to say, the 3 years you’ve played this game is no longer relevant.... pay to play or quit, those are your only choices nowI commend you for your quite remarkably unrelated drivel, you really made an effort to waste time there.

"WhoDat;c-2064522" wrote:It is presently impossible, the new requirements of old hard node characters plus new release hard node characters is a lock into cash unless you had everything farmed before Raddus. This is there new model, (read the Raddus developer insight) and expect the same for the next ship.... if you had everything farmed, you wouldn’t be asking... so I’m sorry to say, the 3 years you’ve played this game is no longer relevant.... pay to play or quit, those are your only choices nowAmazing, everything you just said is wrong (and mostly incoherent)

"Mephisto_style;c-2066750" wrote:I disagree. Cantina are still the bottlenecks. 3 of the 5 for Revan LS are there, JTR vets, Kylo, and so on. I am only doing rough shard farming balancing in my head, but you should be getting 2 shards per toon of interest per day (3 toons for me) from energy and ship energy. Cantina should be giving you more with crystal refreshes and to make up for more direct requirements for legendaries . I might be wrong.You do more than five sims a day on a cantina node. That means it progresses faster than a hard node farm.

"theatomicpun;c-2067537" wrote:Never refresh hard nodes. It is a waste of crystals. It makes you feel like you have accomplished something faster but in reality you are usually still waiting on gear by the time the character is 7 star, which means you spend up the shard farm for nothing as the character isn't useable at that point anyway.Use known drop rates of gear and shards to calculate how much time it will take you to get the character in question to your star/gear goal, and only spend crystals on gear/hard node refreshes if you absolutely need the character sooner than that calculation shows.Spend crystals on energy refreshes. This game is a marathon unless you are willing to spend.This is a great way to not be ready for an event.

"theatomicpun;c-2067537" wrote:Never refresh hard nodes. It is a waste of crystals. It makes you feel like you have accomplished something faster but in reality you are usually still waiting on gear by the time the character is 7 star, which means you spend up the shard farm for nothing as the character isn't useable at that point anyway.Use known drop rates of gear and shards to calculate how much time it will take you to get the character in question to your star/gear goal, and only spend crystals on gear/hard node refreshes if you absolutely need the character sooner than that calculation shows.Spend crystals on energy refreshes. This game is a marathon unless you are willing to spend.So your advice is to never refresh hard nodes, unless you need to finish the character in time for the event?

Would like some feedback on best shard farming strategies

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tvsfrink
5 years ago
"theatomicpun;c-2067537" wrote:
Never refresh hard nodes. It is a waste of crystals. It makes you feel like you have accomplished something faster but in reality you are usually still waiting on gear by the time the character is 7 star, which means you spend up the shard farm for nothing as the character isn't useable at that point anyway.

Use known drop rates of gear and shards to calculate how much time it will take you to get the character in question to your star/gear goal, and only spend crystals on gear/hard node refreshes if you absolutely need the character sooner than that calculation shows.

Spend crystals on energy refreshes. This game is a marathon unless you are willing to spend.

This is a great way to not be ready for an event.
littlemac2014
5 years ago
"theatomicpun;c-2067537" wrote:
Never refresh hard nodes. It is a waste of crystals. It makes you feel like you have accomplished something faster but in reality you are usually still waiting on gear by the time the character is 7 star, which means you spend up the shard farm for nothing as the character isn't useable at that point anyway.

Use known drop rates of gear and shards to calculate how much time it will take you to get the character in question to your star/gear goal, and only spend crystals on gear/hard node refreshes if you absolutely need the character sooner than that calculation shows.

Spend crystals on energy refreshes. This game is a marathon unless you are willing to spend.

So your advice is to never refresh hard nodes, unless you need to finish the character in time for the event?
GifafiTho
5 years ago
How much better would the forums be if people who don’t know what they are talking about didn’t give advice? I don’t mean actual differences of opinion on something, but just flat out wrong advice.
tvsfrink
5 years ago
"Gifafi;c-2067649" wrote:
How much better would the forums be if people who don’t know what they are talking about didn’t give advice? I don’t mean actual differences of opinion on something, but just flat out wrong advice.

24% better.
Vaderizer
Seasoned Newcomer
5 years ago
"Gifafi;c-2067649" wrote:
How much better would the forums be if people who don’t know what they are talking about didn’t give advice? I don’t mean actual differences of opinion on something, but just flat out wrong advice.

They’d be a lot quieter, that’s for sure.
theatomicpun
5 years ago
Trying to be ready for events when you don't know the exact requirements is a waste of crystals. If you refresh hard nodes for a character that isn't needed for an event, you have just wasted crystals starring a useless toon. Even if the event just gets delayed, those refreshes could have been spent on gear.

OP asked for most efficient farming strategies on limited crystal income, so unless you are at a place where you only need to farm newly released characters/ships, you should be targeting events with known requirements.

Therefore, it is most efficient to not refresh hard nodes. Instead, determine how many shards you need and what hear to farm, and grind it out.

I have gotten every legendary/journey/epic character on the 1st or 2nd pass of the event.

Hoard gear and crystals and spend them only when you are close enough and need to make it in time for an event. That is the most efficient way to manage resources.
nilsg960
5 years ago
"RoadaRunner1976;c-2077041" wrote:
I am farming 100 shards about every 10 days per char and I am working on 6 atm.

Press X to doubt
Miketo28
Seasoned Rookie
5 years ago
To the OP. I assume you are not going for toons like GAS and upcoming Galactic Legends upon release. If that is the case, then I would like to echo a few points others have made.

First, don't quit on a farm if you have started it.
Second, 4 to 6 hard nodes at a time. Rest to gear.
Third, don't refresh the nodes. I break this rule on occasion if I go 0 for 5, and when I get close to the end. The latter is just stupidity on my part, but I have no impulse control.

Finally, I would recommend farming a faction at the same time.

Best of luck. Keep grinding.
tvsfrink
5 years ago
"RoadaRunner1976;c-2077041" wrote:
Hey brother I have found no matter where u farm ur char shards to only battle 1 sim at a time. Yes it's a pain but I get better odds this way.

No you don't.

The odds are always 33% no matter how many sims you do.

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