You can start farming shards in the guild store, she is there regularly. I didn't have her unlocked back when guilds were introduced, and now I have her at 6 stars.
But even without Rey there are solid choices for your team, Rey is simply the highest damaging, but also most squishy.
Join the club today, it's never too late!
I started farming Rey after the guild update, you can buy a lot of shards from guild store, and there are 3 Hard Nodes for her shard as well. It's much easier to starred her now.
My Rey just reached 6* today.
I hadn't unlocked Rey, joined a casual guild and used my currency there for Ima-Gun-Di and Rey and still got her to five stars quite quickly. No hard node farming either.
Depending on how fast the raids go and how frequently she appears, she's arguably faster than Cantina or Arena shipments in some cases. You can get fifteen shards in one day, whilst saving up for another five the next day!
I hadn't unlocked Rey, joined a casual guild and used my currency there for Ima-Gun-Di and Rey and still got her to five stars quite quickly. No hard node farming either.
Depending on how fast the raids go and how frequently she appears, she's arguably faster than Cantina or Arena shipments in some cases. You can get fifteen shards in one day, whilst saving up for another five the next day!
Hmmm. I didn't realize she was falling that frequently in the shipments. I will keep an eye out. 15 / day is much better than the 8 I was estimating. (3 hard mode, 5 from guild store).
You're asking what to do now? Nothing I guess. I didn't farm her either and do not regret it. She's easily overcome and deals - thanks to protection and AI - not the most critical damage amounts
I hadn't unlocked Rey, joined a casual guild and used my currency there for Ima-Gun-Di and Rey and still got her to five stars quite quickly. No hard node farming either.
Depending on how fast the raids go and how frequently she appears, she's arguably faster than Cantina or Arena shipments in some cases. You can get fifteen shards in one day, whilst saving up for another five the next day!
Hmmm. I didn't realize she was falling that frequently in the shipments. I will keep an eye out. 15 / day is much better than the 8 I was estimating. (3 hard mode, 5 from guild store).
Some days she is in multiple shipments. Other days she's not there at all. My guess is that you can get like 20-25 shards weekly from guild store.
It's never too late to farm a character. I started farming her once raids started. She's about 30 away from 7*. I use her in arena and GW. I can't wait to use her in raids.
As was pointed out, there are several alternatives to Rey. I say go for all of them, over time.
It's not too late and even though she is a high damager I don't see much of a nerf coming. She doesn't provide buffs and she does single target damage. She does what she is supposed to do. Start now. I had the same kind of post on the forums and then I started farming her. It took a week to get her unlocked and now I am half way to 5*. She has 3 hard nodes and now shows up in guild shipments.
True the meta will change again but honestly you will always need a high damager even if it ends up just in raids or galactic war. Sidious was always on my arena team until he wasn't anymore, but he has so much versatility (the death heal) that I use him for GW every day.
Rey runs a really long train. You still have time to hop on her caboose. Just start now. Her shards drop in the guild shop all the time. Might take longer than Cantina shipments, but you can supplement with her hard nodes. I'll bet it goes faster than you thought it would.
It was suggested in another reply that Jawa Engineer is a good answer on a droid team. I think that's the route to take here. ... Just another slow farm to get those JE shards.
Also, I am really learning towards spending guild currency on gear. I need 18 Furnaces (9) immediately. So that may minimize the amount of currency I can spend on fast farm Rey.
Did I miss something and they made her not farmable? When guilds started I had 14 Rey shards and now I have her 7*. Granted I did spend tons of crystals so I could do it in three weeks but even if your f2p and farm her hard nodes plus the guild store you could've made great progress.
Did I miss something and they made her not farmable? When guilds started I had 14 Rey shards and now I have her 7*. Granted I did spend tons of crystals so I could do it in three weeks but even if your f2p and farm her hard nodes plus the guild store you could've made great progress.
What did you do to get her in three weeks? Is that some thing like three refreshes every node for a total of 9 refreshes daily? Yikes!
Did I miss something and they made her not farmable? When guilds started I had 14 Rey shards and now I have her 7*. Granted I did spend tons of crystals so I could do it in three weeks but even if your f2p and farm her hard nodes plus the guild store you could've made great progress.
What did you do to get her in three weeks? Is that some thing like three refreshes every node for a total of 9 refreshes daily? Yikes!
Well I refreshed the guild shop twice everyday and I refreshed every hard node twice but if you remember when we had the double rewards I did all the 100 crystal refreshes on those days I think it was 4 or 5 refreshes each day, that's how I got her so fast
So I missed farming Rey. Wow. That feels like a mistake. Now what?
If I farm now it will take months. New meta by then I'm sure.
What would you do? I have fifty of the first 80 to shards to activate her?
Yeah, it takes a while. So get started on it :P No reason to delay something you know you're going to do eventually anyway!
In the meantime, invest in her many counters--Old Daka, Royal Guard, Captain Phasma, Darth Sidious, IG-86, Geonosian Soldier, IG-88, Ventress, Qui-Gon Jin, and pretty much anyone who can assist or debuff or stun or do a lot of damage in one hit. It's almost like she has, like, a lot of counters and is kind of balanced or something within the context of the game as a whole...
Keep in mind that after the protection update fast characters don't hit as hard... and she's one of the fastest toons so she doesn't hit har... wait a minute...
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But even without Rey there are solid choices for your team, Rey is simply the highest damaging, but also most squishy.
Otherwise. Yea. All the damage dealers are fairly equivalent.
I started farming Rey after the guild update, you can buy a lot of shards from guild store, and there are 3 Hard Nodes for her shard as well. It's much easier to starred her now.
My Rey just reached 6* today.
Depending on how fast the raids go and how frequently she appears, she's arguably faster than Cantina or Arena shipments in some cases. You can get fifteen shards in one day, whilst saving up for another five the next day!
Hmmm. I didn't realize she was falling that frequently in the shipments. I will keep an eye out. 15 / day is much better than the 8 I was estimating. (3 hard mode, 5 from guild store).
Some days she is in multiple shipments. Other days she's not there at all. My guess is that you can get like 20-25 shards weekly from guild store.
As was pointed out, there are several alternatives to Rey. I say go for all of them, over time.
True the meta will change again but honestly you will always need a high damager even if it ends up just in raids or galactic war. Sidious was always on my arena team until he wasn't anymore, but he has so much versatility (the death heal) that I use him for GW every day.
Great for PvP. Great for GW.
And as noted with the extra help from guild shipments there is no reason not to go after her.
Is it me or does the title of this post sound like a front for a porno movie...
Make Zader Great Again!
It was suggested in another reply that Jawa Engineer is a good answer on a droid team. I think that's the route to take here. ... Just another slow farm to get those JE shards.
Also, I am really learning towards spending guild currency on gear. I need 18 Furnaces (9) immediately. So that may minimize the amount of currency I can spend on fast farm Rey.
What did you do to get her in three weeks? Is that some thing like three refreshes every node for a total of 9 refreshes daily? Yikes!
Well I refreshed the guild shop twice everyday and I refreshed every hard node twice but if you remember when we had the double rewards I did all the 100 crystal refreshes on those days I think it was 4 or 5 refreshes each day, that's how I got her so fast
In the meantime, invest in her many counters--Old Daka, Royal Guard, Captain Phasma, Darth Sidious, IG-86, Geonosian Soldier, IG-88, Ventress, Qui-Gon Jin, and pretty much anyone who can assist or debuff or stun or do a lot of damage in one hit. It's almost like she has, like, a lot of counters and is kind of balanced or something within the context of the game as a whole...
Crazy.
I wasn't using crystals then. Crystals are the great equalizer.