Talk:DragonBall GT Baby Saga/@comment-28010522-20161014055748

There are several users noting that the Normal mode on certain stages are generally better farm targets than the Z-Hard mode for Hercule Badges. Below are the basic math breakdown,

            | Lvl 1    | Lvl 2    | Lvl 3    | Lvl 4    | Lvl 5 | Lvl 6 | Lvl 7        | Lvl 8     | Lvl 9 | Lvl 10 Normal STA Cost        | 8    | 8    | 9    | 9    | 9     | 9    | 9        | 9            | 9     | 9 Badges            | 80    | 100    |     | 120    |     | 130    | 150-300   | 160-220   | 170   | 200-400 Badge per STA        | 10    | 12.5    |     | 13.3    |     | 14.4    | 16.7-33.3 | 17.8-24.4 | 18.9  | 22.2-44.4             | Lvl 1    | Lvl 2    | Lvl 3    | Lvl 4    | Lvl 5 | Lvl 6 | Lvl 7        | Lvl 8     | Lvl 9 | Lvl 10 Z-Hard STA Cost        | 15    | 15    | 16    | 16    | 16    | 16    | 16        | 16    | 16    | 16 Badges            | 120    | 150    |     | 180    |     | 200    | 250-777   | 280-400    | 300    | 350-700 Badges per STA        | 8    | 10    |     | 11.3    |     | 12.5    | 15.6-48.6 | 17.5-25.0    | 18.8    | 21.9-43.8

In short, the levels and modes that guaranteed the highest Badges per STA are, Lvl 7 Z-Hard, Lvl 10 Normal, Lvl 10 Z-Hard, then Lvl 7 Normal. This is followed by Lvl 8 and Lvl 9.

However, the maximum possible # of Badges (e.g., 777 badges or 700 badges) from these stages have low drop rate. Farming for (and hoping for) the maximum # of Badges like 777 or 700, for example, depends on random factor which is a (wild) variable (meaning, not fixed; or, depends on luck).

Some users had commented that, comparatively farming Badges on Normal mode in general give a better return. Mathematically, they are correct if we base it on pure Badges per STA ratio.

From the table above, Normal modes in general give a higher ratio of Badges per STA than Z-Hard modes. Of these 10 stages, the ratio on Lvl 10 Normal (22.2-44.4) vs Lvl 10 Z-Hard (21.9-43.8), Lvl 9 Normal (18.9) vs Lvl 9 Z-Hard (18.8) , and Lvl 8 Normal (17.8-24.4) vs Lvl 8 Z-Hard (17.5-25.0) had the smallest differences.

Therefore, farming badges on Z-Hard or Normal on Lvl 8, Lvl 9, and Lvl 10 won't really make extreme differences in terms of Badges per STA consideration.

The exception is Lvl 10 Z-Hard where you can get Silver Hercule worth 500,000. However, also take into consideration that Lvl 10 Z-Hard 2 bosses are harder (thus, riskier) and may require use of support items (thus, has may have additional cost beside Stamina, which is, support item/s), while Lvl 10 Normal 2 bosses don't require support items.