Thread:Merrimack/@comment-216.73.220.124-20161010154607/@comment-32738051-20161011011719

It's a good question and there isn't really a good answer. I have noticed there are times when I get the final CI, from my Collector award or from my visiting charges or from playing a pic or receiving it from a friend but not from completing a quest, that I need for a collection I have never completed before and getting the item will trigger the quest to complete the collection and completion of any other dependent quests not yet completed, even if they haven't shown up yet in my quests list. Sometimes the trigger doesn't occur when the last item is gained but only when the collection is completed. And sometimes the final CI is simply added to my inventory with no triggers at all. I have yet to figure out why it works for some but doesn't for others. I would have to document each time I complete a collection for the first time - what quests are active, what happens when the final item is obtained and what happens when the collection is completed - and I haven't done any of that yet. Note: when I speak of these triggers, I am speaking of physically seeing the quests completing in my quests list, as opposed to checking my numbers in either my Taken to Task award or the Top 1000 list. But I would assume physically seeing them complete also means they get counted. Quests often do repeat though so if one remains active after you complete a collection, even if the complete the collection quest triggers and is completed, you will still have to complete that collection's quests again.

All that said, I can tell you I have completed the Military Uniform collection 1 time only but I have completed it. I currently have 3 of the 5 items in inventory. Of the remaining 2, 1 is currently in my active quests, the other is not...yet. I couldn't tell you whether the active quest was already there when I completed the collection the 1 time. But I would say this means the quests will repeat no matter what action you take now and you will have the opportunity to gather the collection a second time (or more) once you complete it the first time. If it were me, I would go ahead and complete it. But you'll have to decide for yourself.