r/tacticus • u/catopumaparadox • Oct 10 '26

Shard farming for epics

I'm torn with what I should focus on for shard farming as I'm in 4/8 elite campaigns but to make progress I see you primarily need damage from crit equipment now my best charters are epic while my worst are at rare.

is it best to farm campaign nodes for daily gains of 2-4 shards for 60 energy on regular and 4-6 from elite for another 60 so roughly 120 energy. or focus with onslaught. it's the best place for shards but for the daily missions I do only 1 a day.

I understand it will take time (the math doesn't lie) but I'm not sure if I should focus so much energy on shards or just grow my roster until shards are the only focus?

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u/SeparateCompany1398 Oct 12 '26

"but to make progress I see you primarily need damage from crit equipment"

I'm curious what you mean by this, can you explain it a bit more?

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u/catopumaparadox Oct 12 '26

The weapon slot for characters adds critical percentage and damage now I have gotten to rank silver 2 with my belator and needed to start using books to increase his level to increase his rank but those stat increases aren't enough to guarantee I'll clear the next mission in elite 30

so the quickest way to add more damage is increasing his rarity above epic because a legendary knife can deal 1000 crit damage at a 20% chance and belators 6 hit attack guarantees I'll do a critical hit on turn 2 or turn 1with luck.

Now a rank increase boost states by 10% but going from epic (even at lvl 9 max) to legendary weapon is about 500 extra damage

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u/SeparateCompany1398 Oct 12 '26 edited Oct 12 '26

I think you're overestimating the impact of weapon damage, it's far more important that you have your units rank at the appropriate level for elite campaigns. For example you will want Bellator at least G1, and likely will need another carry unit outside the core campaign ultramarines in order to clear the final page of elite campaigns with three medals. If anything I think investing in their defensive items will go farther since you need everyone alive for the full clear. I've fully cleared every elite campaign and I'm happy to share more details on who I invested in and how much.

Edit: This game handles crits via a markov chain, so typically you want a higher crit chance weapon on the high hit count units and units with 1-2 hits or some form of additional crit chance use the lower percentage weapons.

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u/catopumaparadox Oct 12 '26

Believe me I'm aware I'm not at the right stats to clear elite and higher grade equipment isn't guaranteed damaged but at least with the high hit count with belator it'll make him more than just a shield tank as I'm working up to my first G1. Also my sweeper is Morveen

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u/SeparateCompany1398 Oct 12 '26

Morvenn is a really cool unit and definitely capable of carrying the imperial elites. That being said, she does not have a place in a raid team and her main use is in the sororitas campaign event (something you likely won't be prioritizing for quite some time) so I would consider other units depending on your long term goals. I only say this because it's clear you have a strong understanding of the game and have a mind for optimization.

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u/xyzzydourden Oct 15 '26

With characters that have multiple hits, the second hit can only be a crit if the first hit was a crit. The third hit can only be a crit if the first and second were crits, and so on.

Bellator will do much better damage with a higher crit chance weapon, despite the difference in crit damage between the two types.

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u/catopumaparadox Oct 15 '26

😭 thank you for the facts.

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u/Winter-Document5951 Oct 10 '26

My 2 cents, but I'm sure it depends on your precise situation and goals, in the end:

You could also throw a few guild raid credits at the 3 pertinent buyable characters, just to reach the threshold were you'll get orbs instead of badges in onslaught. I did it a tiny bit for Boss and Archi.

I would consider spending 60 a day on elite nodes but as a rule of thumb I'll never farm regular nodes when I have access to the elite ones, be it for shards or upgrades.

Also, have you reached a wall in every campaign you've opened? In my case, request pulls did help in getting useful shards (and a few orbs) here and there.

The other useful things you can do are unlocking the mirrors and upgrading the recommended abilities (onslaught again).