Collection - New Challenger Approaches

Warrior Willo

A nice addition.

[10F] SmockTeleHeli

I strongly disagree. Putting a consumable in the last tier of a collection, be it a cite or a pack to pull is a slap in the face to players like me. A permanent (unique crew / stat boost) is much more valuable. It is telling me that collections really aren't for players like me. Until recently they were my main reason to get a majority of new crew.

Mirror Cartman

It's not the final tier.

Another tier will be added when they add a new gauntlet crew next year.

[10F] SmockTeleHeli

I said last and by that I meant most recent rather that last ever.
Still higher tiers should have better rewards. This reward is not better. A star on one crew is not as good a a buff to all crew. That may be more obvious to me, but should be the reality of any player completing all gauntlet exclusive crew.

Aldude

I'll take it!

DScottHewitt

[10F] SmockTeleHeli wrote: »

I strongly disagree. Putting a consumable in the last tier of a collection, be it a cite or a pack to pull is a slap in the face to players like me. A permanent (unique crew / stat boost) is much more valuable. It is telling me that collections really aren't for players like me. Until recently they were my main reason to get a majority of new crew.

Using "latest" instead of "last" can avoid that misunderstanding. Not criticizing. Just saying.


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AviTrek

DScottHewitt wrote: »

[10F] SmockTeleHeli wrote: »

I strongly disagree. Putting a consumable in the last tier of a collection, be it a cite or a pack to pull is a slap in the face to players like me. A permanent (unique crew / stat boost) is much more valuable. It is telling me that collections really aren't for players like me. Until recently they were my main reason to get a majority of new crew.

Using "latest" instead of "last" can avoid that misunderstanding. Not criticizing. Just saying.


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But that's where it gets weirder. What do they do when they add a tier? Does it go stat boost then this one non boost, then boost again? Or does it stay as non-boost? Does this mean all future collections will only have 6 tiers with boosts?

And if the higher tiers are what we're supposed to aim for, why put a weaker reward there? That final prodigy tier makes it a vanity collection once all the stat boosts are done.

I prioritize my cites based on which collections I'm closest to with a stat boost. I'm effectively ignoring prodigy not because I'm done with the stat boosts.

Jhamel

A gold citation is Worf the effort for quite a few who don't have like nearly 1000 crew immortalized. Meowever, it's much harder to actually get to seven immortal gauntlet-exclusive crew. ^^

I wouldn't mind seeing gold citations in other collection rewards in the future.

Ivanstone

AviTrek wrote: »

DScottHewitt wrote: »

[10F] SmockTeleHeli wrote: »

I strongly disagree. Putting a consumable in the last tier of a collection, be it a cite or a pack to pull is a slap in the face to players like me. A permanent (unique crew / stat boost) is much more valuable. It is telling me that collections really aren't for players like me. Until recently they were my main reason to get a majority of new crew.

Using "latest" instead of "last" can avoid that misunderstanding. Not criticizing. Just saying.


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And if the higher tiers are what we're supposed to aim for, why put a weaker reward there? That final prodigy tier makes it a vanity collection once all the stat boosts are done.

I do find Wunderkind a little odd but on the other hand it gives 6 boosts for only 20 crew. I'd say its unusually generous. I'll happily take my vanity rewards in the semi-distant future. Tribble Trouble only gives 4 for 25 crew by way of comparison.

The 7th tier for this one is a pretty exceptional vanity reward I think.