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Mothership raids and Hami raids are excellent ways to make shards fall from the sky.|
Originally Posted by NovaThunder
I there faster way to get the Shards, need to build Alpha Slots. please send me tell and invite to a team.
My Global: @Shingi Hogashi Character Names: Anti-Stalker Nova, Nova-Ninja. |
Also doing the various TF/SF that give specific drops will save you from having to craft the components.
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By yourself, you can get shards via paper/radio missions, cimerora missions (see Sis Arlia) and tips. Shard drop is higher for bosses and Lts, so if you can handle it, run at +1 or +2 x8. Don't do +3 or +4 since it doesn't really spawn much more Bosses and Lts and mobs take much longer to kill.
I usually get 1-3 shards per mission and it takes me about 10-15 minutes. However, random is random, so the shard drop rate can be as low as 1 shard every 15 mins or 1 shard every 3 mins.
The best way I found is to do speed SFs such as ITF and LRSF. Not only do you get shards, you also get a component at the end which is worth 4 shards. Timewise, the equivalent number of shards is:
ITF: 30 mins: 1 comp + 3 shards = 7 shards / 30 mins or 1 shard every 4 mins
LRSF: 45 mins: 1 comp + 4 shards = 8 shards / 45 mins or 1 shard every 5 mins
Counting the component, sharp drop rate is better in speed SFs. For me, this is very efficient time wise, because I want to do my 5 tips per day. If I go on a kill all, I miss out on doing my tips. Kill all SFs can take about 1.5 - 2 hrs, and since I get shard drops in my tips anyway, it makes no sense to waste my time in kill alls.
I don't recommend the Reichsmann SF since it's easy to fail and if you do, you won't get the component at the end. It also takes a long time to do and thus, lower shard drop rate.
Since I got Going Rogue last Christmas, my characters have 200+ shards and 30 components just doing tips and speed ITF and LRSF.
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This suggestion is a bit more sneakier. If you run tips or papers/radio, invite toons under lvl 50. I suggest lvl 40-49 so that they can help kill. You must be the only 50.
Any shard that drops will go to you. If there is another lvl 50 in the team and their alpha is unlocked, shards will be split between the 2 of you.
For example, my team had 2 lvl 50s (me and a stoner) and the rest were lowbies. We were doing Liberate TV which has a lot of mobs on a big map. Halfway thru the map, the stoner said that he only got 1 shard while I got 3. This means that 4 shards dropped, but it isn't a 50/50 split between the 2 of us.
I there faster way to get the Shards, need to build Alpha Slots. please send me tell and invite to a team.
My Global: @Shingi Hogashi
Character Names: Anti-Stalker Nova, Nova-Ninja.
Nacht Nova Thunder = Level 50 (Liberty) Dark Blaster/Storm Summoning - Defender
Nova Ninja = Level 50 (Liberty) spines/ Regeneration - Scrapper
CanadianMan = Level 50 (Liberty) Super Strength/Invulnerability - Tanker
LibertyBoy = Level 35 (Liberty) Stone Armor
/Fiery Melee - Tanker