Post by Thann Solaar on Nov 16, 2016 5:43:57 GMT
Because some of us just had this discussion today, and because I distinctly remember having an identical discussion at least once in the past (and then promptly forgetting the math), here is what it costs to unlock and star GG.
(Assumption: The fastest way to accumulate shards is by buying them in the Galactic War shop for a toon you have already maxed.)
Some factoids:
IOW you basically earn one GG shard per day when converting your GW shards to Shard Shop tokens.
Soooo...
There you have it folks. Basically, it'll take you 11 months to max GG by farming GW shards.
Piece of cake, right?
Obviously you also get shards from other places, like Bronzium (Hi, Last Stand!) and battle farming, so you can prolly shave a couple of months that way. And then there's always Chromium packs, which will give you more extra shards than you've ever wanted -- for a modest fee, of course
As a little bonus, here is another table to show how many full GWs (i.e. days) needed to unlock and star toons from the GW Shop. Note that this math works whether the toon unlocks at 1*, 2*, 3* or 4* (EA is neat like that):
-- TS
(Assumption: The fastest way to accumulate shards is by buying them in the Galactic War shop for a toon you have already maxed.)
Some factoids:
- One shard from a random toon gets you 15 Shard Shop tokens
- GG shards cost 225 tokens each (6750 tokens for 30, 2250 for 10 or 1125 for 5)
- You need 15 shards from random toons to get one GG shard
- You get 15 toon shards / day from GW if you finish all 12 nodes
- (You also get at one shard as loot on node 12 at least, but there's no guarantee it's from a maxed toon so we won't count those)
IOW you basically earn one GG shard per day when converting your GW shards to Shard Shop tokens.
Soooo...
| # of Stars | # of GG Shards | # of Toon Shards Needed | # of GWs Needed (i.e. days) |
| 4 | 80 (to unlock) | 1200 | 80 |
| 5 | 65 | 975 | 65 |
| 6 | 85 | 1275 | 85 |
| 7 | 100 | 1500 | 100 |
| TOTAL | 330 | 4950 | 330 |
There you have it folks. Basically, it'll take you 11 months to max GG by farming GW shards.
Piece of cake, right?
Obviously you also get shards from other places, like Bronzium (Hi, Last Stand!) and battle farming, so you can prolly shave a couple of months that way. And then there's always Chromium packs, which will give you more extra shards than you've ever wanted -- for a modest fee, of course
As a little bonus, here is another table to show how many full GWs (i.e. days) needed to unlock and star toons from the GW Shop. Note that this math works whether the toon unlocks at 1*, 2*, 3* or 4* (EA is neat like that):
| 4* (80 shards from scratch) | 5* (145 shards from scratch) | 6* (230 shards from scratch) | 7* (330 shards from scratch) |
| 6 total days (6,400 GW tokens) | 10 total days (11,600 GW tokens) | 16 total days (18,400 GW tokens) | 22 total days (26,400 GW tokens) |
-- TS
