Higher required energy missions=better drop rate?

Austin

I was wondering if anyone knew this to be true or not because otherwise I see little point in doing the higher missions where materials are available in lower energy missions

CronozNL

Hard to say, have tried to test it myself regarding shards and mats but I don't have the feeling it matters that much. Sometimes when playing hard x3 I get 1 shard i.e. If I do 3 normal missions I might have the same result.
You should do some extended testing with making a table of chances which I'm sure people will eventually do to try and figure out best chances. Think it's too early to conclude yet but that's my 2 cents.

Skye

From what I seen, seems to make no difference with gear stuff from the light sided and dark sided missions...

The cantina is a different story, I seem to have better luck with mat drops at higher missions than the low ones... However like I said it seems to be better.

Poerli

Drop Rates are the Same. But the rarerer the item the harder it gets. Sometimes i Need 120 Energy for 3-4 purple gear and u Need 20 purple to Make 1 item. And u Often Need 2-3 of those items for 1 Upgrade Slot