r/MarvelStrikeForce • u/KFKodo • 9h ago
Guide Dracula Campaign Math to help you decide on coring
Hey all, was trying to decide if I want to core for Dracula and figured I'd share my math with yall in case it helps you make up your mind about what YOU want to do.
First of all the Nightreaver orb itself - it has an EV of 3.0736 Dracula shards, which I am simply rounding down to 3.
And then the campaign:
Energy refreshes at 1 per 5mins, so the usual 288 time-based energy in a day. I'm rounding this up to 300 per day for simplicity - the difference can be made up by the 120 energy we started with + a single 50 core refresh once.
Core refreshes give 100 energy.
Scenarios:
Scenario 1, 0 core refreshes daily [50 cores over the 15 days]: 2,450 fragments per day = 36,750 total fragments = 18 orbs = 54 shards on average (36 shards if you're in the unluckiest percentile) = 2 star Dracula (unlock)
Scenario 2, 4x 50 core refreshes daily [3,000 cores over the 15 days]: 4,950 fragments per day = 74,250 total fragments = 37 orbs = 111 shards on average (74 shards if you're in the unluckiest percentile) = 3 star Dracula
You're getting an extra 57 shards for 3,000 cores. This is roughly equivalent to 53 cores per shard or in other words, it's the same as opening one of the old-school character orbs for approx. 500 cores a piece.
Scenario 3, 4x 50 core refreshes + 4x 100 core refreshes + 3x node refreshes daily [11,250 cores over the 15 days]: 7,900 fragments per day = 118,500 total fragments = 59 orbs = 177 shards on average (118 shards if you're in the unluckiest percentile) = 4 star Dracula (with the 5 free shards)
Compared to Scenario 2, you're getting an extra 66 shards for an extra 8,250 cores. This is equivalent to 125 cores per shard or in other words, it's the same as opening one of the old-school characters orbs for approx. 1,175 cores a piece.
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For me personally, Scenario 3 seems way too core-expensive to make any sense, but I will roll the dice and gamble on the 4x 50 core refreshes. Should guarantee a 3-star on average and if any of the gamba spins turns up lucky might be able to squeeze out more.
Good luck with your orbs!