Freedom Shard Farming, May 27-30, 2011


crayhal

 

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I need to fill out the Alpha slots/trees on some of my existing and new characters. I will be Shard Farming TF/SFs from Friday, May 27(excluding the Surge Event which I will participate in) - Monday, Monday 30. These are long runs at 2-4 hours each.

If your interested post(your globalid & toon name, villian or hero, and date(friday, saturday, sunday, monday) and rough availability(mornings, afternoons, evenings, late night) and I will look for you during the weekend. Depending on the responses(villains or heroes), I will then build a TF/SF schedule. Bring you best computer to minimize disconnects and lag.


 

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Placeholder for Schedule - Times are Eastern Standard Times(EST)

Friday
Evening
a.Event: The Lady Grey Strike Force, Lady Grey STF
Time: 5:00PM EST(2.5 hours)
Minimum Level: 45
Merit Points: 37
Team Members Allowed: 8
Meeting Location: Lady Grey, Rikti Warzone
Team Members: Diva Attitude

b.Event: Surge 7-10PM


Saturday
Morning
a.Event: Tin Mage
Time: 9:00AM EST
Minimum Level: 50
Merit Points: 40
Team Members Allowed: 8
Meeting Location: Tin Mage Mark II, RWZ
Team Members: Diva Attitude/Lady Attitude

b.Event: Apex
Time: 12:00PM Noon EST
Minimum Level: 50
Merit Points: 40
Team Members Allowed: 8
Meeting Location: Apex, RWZ
Team Members: Diva Attitude/Lady Attitude

Afternoon
c.Event: Time's Arrow, Imperious STF
Time: 2:00PM EST(3 hours)
Minimum Level: 35
Merit Points: 26
Team Members Allowed: 8
Meeting Location: Imperious, Cimerora
Team Members: Diva Attitude/Lady Attitude

d.Event: Trading Places, Mender Silos STF
Time: 5:00PM EST(1.5 hours)
Minimum Level: 46
Merit Points: 10
Team Members Allowed: 8
Meeting Location: Mender Silos, Ouroboros
Team Members: Lady Attitude

Evening:
e.Event: Statesman TF
Time: 7:00PM EST(3 hours)
Minimum Level: 45
Merit Points: 25
Team Members Allowed: 8
Meeting Location: Stateman, Independence Port
Team Members: Lady Attitude

f.Event: The return of the Reischman, Dr. Khan STF
Time: 10:00PM EST(3 hours)
Minimum Level: 45
Merit Points: 30
Team Members Allowed: 8
Meeting Location: Dr. Khan, Founders Fall
Team Members: Lady Attitude

g.Event: The Lady Grey Strike Force, Lady Grey STF
Time: 1:00am EST(2.5 hours)
Minimum Level: 45
Merit Points: 37
Team Members Allowed: 8
Meeting Location: Lady Grey, Rikti Warzone
Team Members: Diva Attitude/Lady Attitude

Sunday
Morning

a.Event: Tin Mage
Time: 9:00AM EST
Minimum Level: 50
Merit Points: 40
Team Members Allowed: 8
Meeting Location: Tin Mage Mark II, RWZ
Team Members: Diva Attitude

b.Event: Apex
Time: 12:00PM Noon EST
Minimum Level: 50
Merit Points: 40
Team Members Allowed: 8
Meeting Location: Apex, RWZ
Team Members: Diva Attitude

Afternoon
c.Event: Trading Places, Mender Silos STF
Time: 3:00PM EST(1.5 hours)
Minimum Level: 46
Merit Points: 10
Team Members Allowed: 8
Meeting Location: Mender Silos, Ouroboros
Team Members: Diva Attitude

d.Event: Time's Arrow, Imperious STF
Time: 5:00PM EST(3 hours)
Minimum Level: 35
Merit Points: 26
Team Members Allowed: 8
Meeting Location: Imperious, Cimerora
Team Members: Diva Attitude

Evening:
e.Event: Lord Recluse's Strike Force, Lord Recluse STF
Time: 7:00PM EST(3 hours)
Minimum Level: 45
Merit Points: 25
Team Members Allowed: 8
Meeting Location: Lord Recluse, Grandville
Team Members: Diva Attitude

f.Event: Thus spoke the Reichsman, Barracuda STF
Time: 10:00PM EST(3 hours)
Minimum Level: 45
Merit Points: 30
Team Members Allowed: 8
Meeting Location: Barracuda, Grandville
Team Members: Diva Attitude

g.Event: The Lady Grey Strike Force, Lady Grey STF
Time: 1:00am EST(2.5 hours)
Minimum Level: 45
Merit Points: 37
Team Members Allowed: 8
Meeting Location: Lady Grey, Rikti Warzone
Team Members: Diva Attitude

Monday
TBD


 

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My main is switching from Spiritual to Muscular, so I'll need shards. My weekends are unscheduled and variable so I'm not sure when I'll be on. But I'll give a shout on Freedom TF Chat when I'm on and see if it's convenient to hook up with you.

I was just going to run ITF, or possibly whatever TF would give me the salvage I'd need maybe. And the WST, three times I think. But I'm not taking Alpha past T3 anytime soon. Shards come just by play, and I'm not going to bust my hump just to do this fast.

What are you planning on running? WST that weekend blue side is dumb, ol Terra Volta, which I hate. I can get a pizza delivered faster than it takes to hang out in that reactor. But Saltier is a vigilante, so that's cool. But I'm not sure what Tree of Thorns is like.


 

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Originally Posted by Postagulous View Post
What are you planning on running? WST that weekend blue side is dumb, ol Terra Volta, which I hate. I can get a pizza delivered faster than it takes to hang out in that reactor. But Saltier is a vigilante, so that's cool. But I'm not sure what Tree of Thorns is like.
Have you ever done the Statesman TF before? The Tree of thorns respec is the same map as the one used in the middle of the Statesman's TF. It goes much quicker than a hero respec.


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Originally Posted by Postagulous View Post
My main is switching from Spiritual to Muscular, so I'll need shards. My weekends are unscheduled and variable so I'm not sure when I'll be on. But I'll give a shout on Freedom TF Chat when I'm on and see if it's convenient to hook up with you.

I was just going to run ITF, or possibly whatever TF would give me the salvage I'd need maybe. And the WST, three times I think. But I'm not taking Alpha past T3 anytime soon. Shards come just by play, and I'm not going to bust my hump just to do this fast.

What are you planning on running? WST that weekend blue side is dumb, ol Terra Volta, which I hate. I can get a pizza delivered faster than it takes to hang out in that reactor. But Saltier is a vigilante, so that's cool. But I'm not sure what Tree of Thorns is like.
Here's my dilemma right now before I can answer the TF questions. I need to know how many are blue and how many are red before I can do anything. If the numbers are mixed, I'll run probably co-op tfs(LGTF, TIN, Apex, ITF, etc.)


 

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Mine's a vigilante, so both.


 

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I'm not sure if you already know, so I figure I'll mention it if you don't. As an alternate to shard farming, drops from BAF and Lambda can also be used to craft Alpha powers.


 

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Originally Posted by crayhal View Post
I'm not sure if you already know, so I figure I'll mention it if you don't. As an alternate to shard farming, drops from BAF and Lambda can also be used to craft Alpha powers.
Yeah that's what I started doing with toons that didn't have shards.


@MarvelatMee and @COL Burn

24 - 50s
Too many ALTs

 

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Originally Posted by crayhal View Post
I'm not sure if you already know, so I figure I'll mention it if you don't. As an alternate to shard farming, drops from BAF and Lambda can also be used to craft Alpha powers.
What? Threads can break down to Shards? Or how?


 

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Think they only go from shards to threads but when you look under the create tab it shows that you can use the BAF/LAMB salvage to make Alphas just like you make the new incarnate powers.


@MarvelatMee and @COL Burn

24 - 50s
Too many ALTs

 

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Originally Posted by Postagulous View Post
What? Threads can break down to Shards? Or how?
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Originally Posted by MarvelatMee View Post
Think they only go from shards to threads but when you look under the create tab it shows that you can use the BAF/LAMB salvage to make Alphas just like you make the new incarnate powers.
Yes, each Alpha slot can now be crafted using either all Alpha Components and Shards, -or- by using Threads and Salvage drops from the BaF and Lambda Trials. I think overall it takes more salvage to do it using the BaF/Lambda method, but the threads and salvage drop more freely on those trials, so it's quicker in the long run.


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Originally Posted by crayhal View Post
I'm not sure if you already know, so I figure I'll mention it if you don't. As an alternate to shard farming, drops from BAF and Lambda can also be used to craft Alpha powers.
I know they used to. I looked recently during the last patch and they changed it back.

Edit: I'm not big fan of the trials. We only have 2 and they have lag and disconnects. The regular tfs work expect for apex and tin(heavy lag). Have you ever had a weekend where you went on line and had disconnects/lag and felt like it was a waste of an evening? I do not want to "risk" 4 nights of this. This makes people angry.

I watched someone on my team yesterday every 5 minutes nuke the spawns with his void power. I felt like I wasn't even on a team. Soloists will love these new powers. I never saw a shard drop on any of the I, J, L, D power kills.


 

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Originally Posted by MarvelatMee View Post
Think they only go from shards to threads but when you look under the create tab it shows that you can use the BAF/LAMB salvage to make Alphas just like you make the new incarnate powers.
can you post a picture of the shards to threads? I only found threads to shards not the other way.


 

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Originally Posted by Residentx10 View Post
can you post a picture of the shards to threads? I only found threads to shards not the other way.
You're getting it confused. Shards are the original drops. You can convert them into Threads which are the new drops. You cannot convert Threads to Shards.


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Originally Posted by Residentx10 View Post
can you post a picture of the shards to threads? I only found threads to shards not the other way.
Can't right now cause at work but if memory serves you can convert 10 shards for 10 threads every 24 hours can't remember the $$ amount though. Less than 24hrs you get half the amount.


@MarvelatMee and @COL Burn

24 - 50s
Too many ALTs

 

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I'm going online in a couple hours here. I'll confirm everything. Your all probably right:

-no threads to shards
- alpha stuff/salvage with threads. I misunderstood Cryhal's comments and let me clarify. When we first got I20, I noticed that the alpha stuff changed to thread salvage. Then they patched it later in the month and it changed back to alpha salvage. This is what I was talking about. Cryhal's comments is that you can use threads to create Alpha salvage which I didn't notice.


 

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For example:
Alpha->Cardiac Boost recipe:
1 Ancient Nictus F.
1 Grai Matter
1 Hero 1 DNA S.
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In shards: 4 x 3 = 12 shards

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Alpha->Cardiac Boost recipe:
1 Supercharged cap
1 Detailed Reports
1 Biomorphic Goo
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In threads: 20 x 3 = 60 threads
In Astral merits: 60 threads / 4 = 15 merits

The shard method required the Notice and Favor of the well which requires you to do the WST in order to create Alpha tier 3 and 4. The Notice is limited to 1 per week, which means that there is an 8 day delay to obtain a Favor in order to craft Alpha tier 4.

The trial method does not require the Notice, but requires a very rare which is 30 empyrean merits to create Alp tier 4. Empyrean merits can be earned during the trials. Basically, if an unslotted Alpha toon does a day's worth of trials, it is possible to complete Alp tier 4 in 1 day.


 

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Originally Posted by crayhal View Post
For example:
Alpha->Cardiac Boost recipe:
1 Ancient Nictus F.
1 Grai Matter
1 Hero 1 DNA S.
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In shards: 4 x 3 = 12 shards

=== OR ===

Alpha->Cardiac Boost recipe:
1 Supercharged cap
1 Detailed Reports
1 Biomorphic Goo
------
In threads: 20 x 3 = 60 threads
In Astral merits: 60 threads / 4 = 15 merits

The shard method required the Notice and Favor of the well which requires you to do the WST in order to create Alpha tier 3 and 4. The Notice is limited to 1 per week, which means that there is an 8 day delay to obtain a Favor in order to craft Alpha tier 4.

The trial method does not require the Notice, but requires a very rare which is 30 empyrean merits to create Alp tier 4. Empyrean merits can be earned during the trials. Basically, if an unslotted Alpha toon does a day's worth of trials, it is possible to complete Alp tier 4 in 1 day.
Told to remove my post.


 

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Schedule is updated.