Is it better to do hard? Do you get more gear or just both hard and normal combined?
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You double loot it. 6 shards/energy instead of 3. Yada yada It can also be seen in your advisors. Tier 1 and 2 will fill in as you loot.
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I've heard every variation of possibilities. And cannot confirm or deny any of them. I'd say that if you can do it on hard; do it. Then do at least the beginning and see what happens. Doing it the same way twice grants no rewards. Normal then hard grants rewards twice. Hard then normal = ?