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Edited by Schlick15: 3/23/2015 3:05:38 PM
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Daily Heroic and Ascendant Materials

More Energy than Shards

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More Shards than Energy

24

Generally Equal

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This is likely been discussed [i]at nausea[/i] so forgive me for stirring the shat-pot some more. I'd like to get a feel from the rest of the community about Ascendant Shards and Energy, and the rewards for completing your daily Heroic story mission. I don't have a lot of time to play and grind anymore (Full time University student), so I usually just get on to run my daily mission, maybe check the timers for a community event or two, do some easy vanguard bounties or patrols and call it a day. I've been hoping every daily mission for Shards, to finishing upgrading some of my armor. Yet [b]every[/b] [u]single[/u] daily heroic at level 30 for my 2 Ascendant Mats, I've done over the past week as yielded Ascendant Energy. Energy, Energy, Energy. Currently sitting on 41 Energy, but 4 shards. I'd definitely not call that a 50/50 chance on drop. Something is a little off here. I also think it's a little suspicious that upon completing a community event (Say the Devil Walker in The Divide on the Cosmodrome), if I do happen to get Ascendant materials for completing the event, it's also Energy. Additionally, the postmaster reward for a daily community event is usually a mote of light. Maybe once a week it turns out to be a shard OR energy, but I digress. How is everyone else playing out with this? Any thoughts as to this very uneven play out of materials?

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  • Looking for people to run the daily with I just hate doing this mission by myself. I'm a lvl 32 hunter with a maxed ghorn. Send me an invite or a message. Gt: jrags9

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  • who cares about shards anymore? they are useless now ... but back 2 your point, its rng. When you need shards you get energy, and vice versa ;)

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    • I know rng is rng. Any perceived weighting one way or the other is just that - random. But even having said that, I have been struggling to get shards for weeks. My hunters armour is fully maxed in upgrade options - but in three weeks I have received about 7 shards total. Everything else has been energy, occasional motes, and one or two coins. On the other hand, my weapons are getting upgraded constantly. Would still love to get these armour upgrades done. :)

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      I'm in the same boat as you. Not much time to play either and 12 shards away from 31, but have't gotten anything but energy over the past few weeks. The only thing I have been able to do to get them is buy armor through vanguard and dismantle it for the shards. If I were to wait for shards to drop I'd be 30 forever.

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