I'm curious about what other players have thought about Collectibles.
Now this kind of thing is right up my alley since I've always been a collector. (My wife would say hoarder, but she's the other extreme. She throws away everything including holiday cards one day after the holiday is over. She'd ditch the Christmas tree after dinner on the 25th if I didn't put my foot down. Proof that opposites often attract.)
Completing sets of Collectibles gets you rewards of 10-11 AA's, not to mention even better stuff for completing entire expansion's worth. Like finishing off RoF, which I just finally managed to do, earns you Sliver of Fear, which is a darn fine item even 3 xpacs later.
Don't tell DBG but I'd pursue Collectibles even if there were NO rewards. Completing sets is a fun challenge, especially with the added experiential bonuses of exploring zones I'd otherwise have no reason to visit and trying to figure out where the collectibles spawn or drop.
I'm also intrigued by the rarity aspect. The last two Collectibles I needed from all 3 expansions' worth of sets were both RoF: Pretty Flower and Crackers. Now I do believe they're both the rarest items in their sets. Every set is supposed to have a "rare", and it's SUPPOSED to be the last one on the list, which is true for these two. But I doubt these two are especially rare when considered across all Collectibles. However I have practiced the routine of checking the Bazaar on FV just about every time I log in. I have never seen Pretty Flowers and the only Crackers I ever saw has always had an ask price WAY beyond my limit.
I'm inclined to think the reason for this is that few players still play in RoF zones, and perhaps even less so in Crystal Caverns, where the flower drops, and Breeding Grounds where the crackers drop. Because I did finally acquire both of them fairly quickly once I made an intensive and devoted effort to clearing the mobs involved. My previous visits to both zones were for doing advancement missions and my focus wasn't on Collectibles. So their rarity isn't so much because they're designed to be rarer than all other Collectibles. It's just a side effect of which xpac they're from and what zones contain their carriers.
My questions for you are:
Do you actively pursue Collectibles?
If so, have you noticed any that are especially hard to find?
And do you enjoy the pursuit or do you feel like a laboratory animal "enticed" into this activity despite your reluctance?!
Edited, Feb 17th 2016 8:54am by Sippin