"Community research" is what exactly?

[NiLL]

so are their quests with the title on it that progresses that or what? VERY vague, (yes I know it tells me to talk to, they say nothing about it, and no there isn't anything on my Nexus for "Community Missions or Research"

[Zeno]

Any mission you complete from the Nexus counts as "community research," as those missions are all sponsored directly by Nada and Polo. The "tiers" unlock only when everyone on a given platform (I assume) have together completed a certain number of those missions.

[NiLL]

Originally posted by The Eleatic:

Any mission you complete from the Nexus counts as "community research," as those missions are all sponsored directly by Nada and Polo. The "tiers" unlock only when everyone on a given platform (I assume) have together completed a certain number of those missions.

Thank you ^-^

[Cutesune]

I was under the impression it's only the quicksilver rewarding missions rather than 'Any nexus mission'; in NEXT it was quicksilver missions that gave community progress, but they had a slightly different format.

@OP: It's worth noting that the 'community research' bar is contributed to by the entire playerbase. You're not expected to try fill it in all by yourself, it's unlikely a lone player could even make a visible dink in the bars progress if they went balls to the wall grinding missions.

[Zeno]

Originally posted by Ryuujin:

I was under the impression it's only the quicksilver rewarding missions rather than 'Any nexus mission'; in NEXT it was quicksilver missions that gave community progress, but they had a slightly different format.

Your comment led me to doubt myself - never a bad thing, really - which sent me looking for the patch notes at https://www.nomanssky.com/2019/09/beyond-development-update-2/

Here's what it says:

Very soon, we will be launching a community event, with new content available to earn from the Space Anomaly. Each mission completed at the Nexus will contribute to a cross-reality target for all Travellers. Universal progress will unlock a series of exotic items synthesised by Polo’s robotic companion, available to purchase with Quicksilver.

I take "each mission completed at the Nexus" to be mean "any mission." At least, that's what I hope it means!

The good news is that Tier 4 unlocked today!