You have already collected this?

[valeriesusanne]

"You have already collected this"
Not sure if this is a bug, something changed, or something I've never encountered before (in 9+yrs)
but this is the message I just got when I clicked on a geyser. It was gushing and inspection said 3 available.
I HAD collected from it... a week or so ago. Is this a thing now?

[DoctorCookie]

Had the same message when trying to collect salt today. Salt crystals visible but on get message "you have already collected this"

[vatas]

Collect from another salt node, then you can collect from the "already collected" -node.

Obfuscated or poorly explained mechanic, to prevent those alts that have HF next to the node and only ever log in to collect from it.

[Mashadar]

Good mechanic, just the error message is completely unhelpful.

[valeriesusanne]

Interesting! And good to know, thanks
Hard to believe I've never come across this message in all these years,
and for something as common as a geyser