Thread:Merrimack/@comment-26939244-20170311141051/@comment-32738051-20170311163020

You're very welcome. Glad it helped. It's always a tough call for me whether someone can use the more recent collections or not, except right when an event is starting and then everyone needs them. The later it gets in an event and even more so when one has already ended, it gets a little iffy.

As for waiting for the proper message, yes and no. Wristwatches are a Tea Corner collection but they're not one of the 30 quests associated with the talisman challenge and so the approaching event deadline isn't a factor. If you don't have any active quests related to the Wristwatches collection, then it's safe to complete the collection now, regardless of whether the message says "can" instead of "must". But if you have an active quest for completing the collection or for one of its CIs, then it's your call. You could:
 * Follow the hints starting in the complete the collection popup to complete the collection. If you get a message that says you "can" complete the collection, the active quest will get stuck until you rebuild the collection. OR
 * Ignore the hints and go straight to the collection in the Collections screen and complete it directly. This may or may not cause the active quest to get stuck. But this is what I usually do, instead of following the hints, and it has not caused me any overt problems with quests (truthfully though I don't pay quests much mind so I wouldn't necessarily notice the stuck quest issue). OR
 * Tap on the related active quests, follow its hints and do what it requires before completing the collection, even if it means waiting to get duplicate (or so) CIs from the collection.

There are so many quests that no matter what anyone says or thinks, even those who are really obsessed with quests, there are plenty of them to keep one happy and marching steadily towards the related achievement awards. In the grand scheme of things, it matters more what it more important to you. If you can't stand having open quests, especially old ones, then it's better to focus on the quests. But if it's worse for you to have a collection ready for completion, whether for a personal goal or (like me) so you can start gifting it to others, but not being able to complete it because of a quest, then complete the collection and forget the quest. Most likely, it will eventually complete later on anyway, probably when you least expect it.

Thanks regarding the polls. If it's a tough decision on the current poll, then I take it as a compliment, that I did a good job coming up with response options. It's funny but I think Foss' April Fool's joke (so funny, so scary and I fell so hard for it 🃏 😲) last year made people select something else. Currently Easter is in the lead, even though the only Easter eggs we've ever gotten from the game have been nasty bugs. 😝 Still, people have bunnies on the mind since it is right around the corner...I think proximity of the holiday may be skewing the results. Sigh. The next one won't be any easier...results will probably be skewed based on whatever grief players are experiencing most and, well, everyone has their own take anyway on what new feature should be added next. But at least I've had a lot of help coming up with options for it. It will be at least April 2nd before I start the new one. I'm hoping to get 100 responses on the holiday event theme poll so I can share the data with G5 and MyTona (not worth it unless I have at least that many). If I get that many soon enough, I still won't start the next one until after April Fool's. 😉