I think i ran into a bug btw.
With utilisation of the Multiverse Pod, i took along some useful Bots to a Newgame. One of them was an Infiltrator with a Gen-3 Elite shell.
When reaching the mission for Nimhe, to collect an Infiltrator Shell in Iltari's Outer Belt(which rewarded a Gen-2 Militairy shell), i selected one of my all-ready Infiltrators, which trigger the progress... yet upon completion of the Infiltrator mission in Iltari Station, the Bot was stored..with the Gen-2 shell: my Gen-3 Elite shell was gone!
I didnt experience this in the past tbf.. Perhaps i should have removed the Gen-3 Elite shell... yet.. again, this didnt happen before!
Its also no big issue. The Multiverse-Pod NG+ save on my Warehouse kééps those Bots stored/saved... and later on in the game, i can get Nimhe to simply make me a new one at a point... but still its a little detail :)
Evaluating on the Bot-Collective/Away missions a bit:
I've noticed that the difference in weapon damage on light, medium, or heavy Blasters(Mk II) are not really making a noticable difference. Same with the bombs tbf... i have a level 6 Infiltrator and two level 7 Protectors with good stats(dex?)...they tend to miss a lot too still..
Now this is simply a feedback-evaluation, no criticism, as this Bot-Collective is a brand-new concept in the game, and offers a whole new experience, i would ask if this will be tuned a bit in a future update.
And in addition to that: there are the Armory-Crates already, yet those never carry Heavy Blasters(MkII)... perhaps a 'Heavy Armor-crate' could also be integrated, which could also drop héavy blasters... and perhaps also héavy armor?
Please consider this as an experience-feedback to do with as you see fit!
I hope it is somewhat useful.
Regards, T'
PS, i managed to increase my 'record-Abyssal Queen Bot' to 1.66B value now...líttle bit more again. I think i can increase it even more, but, to reach that, i need to get lucky with Bot-pods having Elite-Talent boosters: the highest ones obtainable from Bot-crates go up to ~250-260+? There's Tuned Elite boosters from Pods, that go over 340, but those áre rare ^^
PPS, perhaps the experience-gain for the Away-mission Bots could be optimised too a bit? Getting the bots leveled up, is quite a grind, especially on higher levels, as Away-missions only give a small amount of XP...even the high level 4/5 ones in Quthor and NXO10.
Enjoying the game a lot still! Keep it up!, cant wait for the next update haha!
But ofcourse, take your time as quality simply requires that!