Chewbacca is gone... now the question is....
October 4, 2018 11:33AM
edited October 2018
Will I be ready next time?
I unlocked him at 5* because my Bossk was only 3*, Dengar 5*...
The real problem is the following: if my Bossk shards drop rate remains the same (1-2/8 attempts every day), I've calculated that I need 8-9 months to 7 star Bossk.......:-(
(Without node refresh, but why should I refresh with a sooooo low benefit?)
P.S.: now the RNG experts will come out in horde claiming at the normalization of numbers in the long run.... compelling about too small sample size..... ok, ok, but this steady rhythm of 1-2 shards per 8 attempts is always the same during the last 15 days in a row......)
I unlocked him at 5* because my Bossk was only 3*, Dengar 5*...
The real problem is the following: if my Bossk shards drop rate remains the same (1-2/8 attempts every day), I've calculated that I need 8-9 months to 7 star Bossk.......:-(
(Without node refresh, but why should I refresh with a sooooo low benefit?)
P.S.: now the RNG experts will come out in horde claiming at the normalization of numbers in the long run.... compelling about too small sample size..... ok, ok, but this steady rhythm of 1-2 shards per 8 attempts is always the same during the last 15 days in a row......)
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What I think I would recommend if you’re serious about 7’ing him before the next event is to commit to 1 refresh a day consistently. By the time the event rolls around again I think you will be 7* with him, or at least close enough to use some extra refreshes to finish him off.
So 240 attempts?
Same, I’m hoping that Embo will be easily farmable since I’m skipping Bossk for now.
That’s what I’m thinking too. His leadership seems like it would be pretty good in this event.
For what its worth, the refresh for 25 shards is pretty cheap in the scheme of things. And if you are getting all your bonus energy in a day plus natural generation you can get approx 375 energy a day which means you can get all 16 attempts for no extra energy bought
Don't skip Bossk, he's a great toon.
Bossk turns the RNG fest from 5-6 hours worth to maybe 30 minutes worth. Go for Bossk if you can.
Point of fact, you should be farming AT LEAST one hard node only character at a time. Two (one light, one dark) is ideal.
I started farming Bossk when he was added to the hard node without refreshes and have him at 40/100. So yeah, I think the smple sie is already big enough to confirm the 30%.
It's been tested dozens of times by different people. Every time the results are the same--just about a one-third drop rate. Go ahead and doubt it if you want, disbelieving actual data because it doesn't jive with what you want it to be seems to be trendy these days.
Sure, he is good, but my point was that racing against time to get him for the next Chewie event isn't necessary. And there's a lot of other good hard node farms.
"Why should I refresh?" because that literally cuts your time in half. And right now, refreshes are half of what they normally are (25 vs 50), and attempts have been lifted back to 8.
I use 30% in my assumptions too. However I will point out that when I compare the actual results I generally see very close to a 33% rate, but if you are on the unlucky side you could see closer to 30% -- so this is the safe assumption number.
First, Bossk is a good toon. It's not a bad idea to farm him, Chewbacca aside.
Second, this is the nature of hard node farms. You either gotta live with it or go crush candy.
Hi @Loy!
It has been proven multiple times already that the shard drop rate is 33% across the board. If you have 8 attempts per day you’ll get on average 2.66 shards per day. To get 300 shards you’ll need something between 3 and 4 months.
Wait really? Would you mind sharing your evidence?
Priorities are:
1) G12 Boba with full Omegas and CD/CC mods
2) 7* Dengar
3) Bossk if you can get him but not as critical as the first 2.
@OpticGK_Alex Lots of people have confirmed this. You may get a small amount of statistical variation, but if your sample size is large enough then you will probably find something around 33%. As one example, here is a chart I made when I was collecting the last ~100 shards for Vet Captain Han, which dropped at ~39%:
Or use 75 crystals to refesh twice a day and cut that number to a little over a month. Assuming a decent crystal income, most players can easily spend the 150 crystals a day for the energy refreshes and the 75 crystals to refresh the node.
It just really depends on how badly the OP wants bossk. The next chewie event is probably coming 3-4 months from now. They can either slow farm and maybe be ready, or focus and be ready with time to spare.
I prefer the latter but to each their own.
As far as refreshes go, if you want a character, pay for the refreshes. If you refresh twice and get shards at a 25% drop rate, then you'll get 4 shards for 75 crystals. If you compare that to shipments, it's a steal.
Also, if you need OT Chewie for a Jedi Luke heroe's journey (speculated at the end of December), then the Chewie event will be back in roughly 3 months, giving you plenty of time to star and gear Bossk and your other Bounty Hunters.
Eh, I kind of get the "why refresh" question. I'll buy extra energy occasionally, if it looks like I'm not going to hit 600/600 with the free (and bonus) energy--and the Cantina energy on Sunday/Monday for the guild event. But I don't refresh attempts on a node.
If it didn't cost crystals I'd for sure do it, but man.... I just need those crystals for gear more. When working on a team, you eventually hit a wall where (for five characters) you need 8 pieces of raid gear and the 1400 crystal pieces from shipments are the only way to break through.
I won't say "Don't refresh!" but I WILL say if your crystals are limited, there are better places to allocate them. In my opinion, anyway.