Collection Expansion Plans?

Jhamel

I would just like to know from the team if there are any concrete plans to expand all existing collections to their new maximum threshold tier. There are several (including the uncommon one which would help newer players a great deal) collections with crew hitting +20, +40 or even +60 purrsonnel (for example "Original Thinking" with the highest tier being 180 crew, but we have 258 crew already eligible for this collection, which would merit a 200, 220, 240 and maybe a pre-maturely added 260 threshold).

When (hopefully not "if") the new tiers get added, please try to think about some new or original rewards instead of the usual power-creeping "+1% base / roll" reward. How about super-rare and / or legendary citations? How about a larger amount of 10x premium purrtals instead of just a single one? How about quantum? Maybe a few more exclusive crew from collection tiers? Maybe a large amount of shuttle tokens or 5* timeboosts etc.?

~ Jhamjham

Automaton_2000

Let's not move away from stat boosts without a damn good reward in its place. Having to produce 100 stars of gold crew for the reward of 1 gold citation would be a joke. Tokens and boosts are not only showered upon players every week, but they're hardly a reward - they're the tools you use to win future rewards.

Haven't seen anyone tripping over themselves to cite up 15 extra gold prodigies to open a 10x pack full of blue schematics. Expanding top milestones requires potentially years of acquiring and adding stars to legendary crew and the rewards should be hefty and permanent; either passive stat boosts for crew/ships or a great crew who will still be great in the two years it takes to finish the collection.

Jhamel

Of course I wouldn't mind if the amount of citations would go up every tier (let's say for 200 crew Original Thinking 1 gold citation + 1 purple citation, for 220 crew 3 gold citations + 3 purple citations, for 240 crew 5 gold citations + 5 purple citations, 2 more every tier etc.).

Yes, the crew would have to be great, similar to Spacegoat O'Brien (not like Lucille Davenport who was at least given out 5 times or Data & Spot).

Also, I was specifically pointing out "expanding existing" collections. New collections of course would have to include permanent skill bonuses, but not "only" those.

Kanon

How about expanding the valor cap as a reward for high level tiers in collections?

AviTrek

The point is citations are not valuable enough for collection rewards. Why would I dedicate 4 5* cites to finish a collection to only get 1 or 2 cites as a reward? I might as well just use my existing cites on other crew. But I will use 4 5* cites to get to the next tier of a boost collection knowing that it will improve my stats on every voyage and mission.

There may be some FBB potential rewards. Maybe a big enough hull improvement or damage reduction. Or now that they can support AM boosts, a AM boost for the collection may get me to consider citing crew. But that's the question to ask, would you spend ~4 cites to finish a collection. If the rewards are good enough, then it's a good collection reward. If they're not good enough to get you to use 4 citations then the reward is not good enough for a collection.

Captain Idol

Yes please! More collection caps! More stat boosts. Plenty out there too expand!
(and more projects to work on)

Ivanstone

I didn’t mind seeing a citation in the Gauntlet collection. It was a collection tier that I was going to patiently wait for. It’s a small bonus that almost anyone can complete with some effort.

Wunderkind on the other hand is sort of lame. It was nice that it’s stat buffs were relatively front loaded but now I’m treating it like I treat most theme collections. I’d be pretty annoyed if Original Thinking got the same treatment.