Ok, so there is a whole other thread with lots of tirades about misinformation or not, and hoarding or not, etc.
My question is: if I don't buy any CAT shards from wandering scavengers, will I get CAT by the end of a fourth conquest if I get the max hard prize crate each time?
I can't tell, because the Razor Crest shards in the prize box don't appear to have dropped as much as they said they would, if they have dropped at all.
I feel a bit stumped as to what to do with my credits. I'm now nervous about spending any at all.
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Yeah, you should unlock CAT on the 4th conquest if you're maxing out crates
My thoughts are than when CAT shards drops, it will be the same as it is for Razor Crest right now (44)
The reason why they didn't dropped even more the Razor Crest shards, was because they were alredy on the "low" part
Assuming that the “drop” in CAT shards isn’t more than a 2/3rds cut (ie getting <60 shards instead of 90) you’ll unlock after #4.
If the drop is more, then you’ll need to either buy from the Merchants to make up the difference or wait for more Conquests. I doubt it will be this severe, but with no way to judge due to the lack of RC drop it’s good to prepare.
I’d still recommend buying at least some of the shards if you can - even if you’re in a spot where you’d be 5-15 shards short, you’ll still be able to buy at least 20 shards in Conquest 4 and potentially unlock CAT a week or two before you get the box rewards, although this will likely result in a similar delay for the new character.
*16 missing
If you prefer to max razor crest first, assuming you are at 6/85, you just need 10 merchants to get it in the next three, assuming there are as many available for RC as CAT. So in number #3 you should be able to skip two RC merchants to buy CAT if you have the currency based on these assumptions.
If we assume CAT drops to 44, then you will need 4 CAT merchants between #3 and #4.
This is what I would assume too.
Agreed about the shard count.
But you are incorrect about being able to get her in 4 without buying 16 shards from the merchant.
Yeah, just noticed that, you're right, without it, you'll be 16 shards short
Ninja’ d my editing. You’re fast, cowboy ! /bow
Except it's already broken in this conquest with 5 RC available from merchant for 400.
But you're right that the reduction is anybody's guess right now.
Based on nothing...haha
Whoops sorry I meant "based on an arbitrary standard they came up with themselves." You're right, that's technically not nothing.
A standard set by 3 previous conquests (not exactly arbitrary).
When level 100 comes, hopefully you got 1 Billion credits ready, since you’re happy for them to make any change they like at any time.
How is that the standard to build on when they say this:
That and the following outlined cadence seems to suggest that things are changing and that the previous Conquests and rewards are not going to be the standard.
Ah, such a small thing to tell us they changed their design choices and have officially decided to design the game around hoarding.
Hoarding what, 100 currency out of a 3500 cap?
but i want it now and i want all the gear and signal data and i don't want to have to make any choices
150.
Except if you want to unlock her after 3 conquests, you have to hoard. Which is something they specifically said they don't design around (except now they do) and they clearly don't actually want you to hoard this currency since it's the first time any currency has had a cap.
TBF, I wouldn't consider 150 currency hoarding. In a new game mode where we knew things are still being worked out, taking a more cautious approach to spending seemed prudent. but I am not blaming anyone for the choices they made, just to be clear.
Oh well my mind is completely changed then. Totally unfair. And mean, definitely mean.
It's not even about "I want it now" or whatever other ridiculous thing you'll come up with to demean others on here. CG made an unannounced changed, which is in direct contradiction to the previous pattern and previous statements. Just because you (and I) were ready for that, doesn't make it ok.
Again ....... having a currency cap doesn’t mean spend it all before the next event.
Of course not, but they (re)sent a clear message that we shouldn't have to hoard this currency. Except then they designed a release that required us to hoard without telling us they were requiring us to hoard.
Because they have literally said you don't need to hoard.
All we know is that we will be getting CAT shards on the 4th conquest, and possibly at a reduced amount (< 90) if they introduce a new conquest unit
Up to you to decide how to utilize this information