Before that update, the whole game content was accessible to Free to Play players. Now with the recent update, we cannot finish the collection reward track, as it requires to have ALL blueprints of the game.
Similarily, ascension lines are very high, but with Antique Store, you could focus one line and finish it. Nothing was requiring you to have all blueprints.
This game has not been paid to win until now, someone playing for free could technically go against top paying players. Please don't make it become one.
Here is the data about Collection Score, I believe I didn't make any mistake, please correct me if I did.