As per the title, currently monocrystals can only be gained from the contraband container, trading or via timed Open Space tasks - of which there isn’t a guarantee for there to be a monocrystal mission every time you log on, making gaining monocrystals infinitely harder than before when the daily tasks rewarded them en mass.
My suggestion I guess can take a few forms.
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Remove common resources or duplicators from the trophy search phase and replace them with monocrystals
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Return daily tasks for monocrystals at a lowered rate.
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Guarantee at least one monocrystal mission in the timed Open Space tasks every rotation alongside rare resources (ie; electrum, beryllium, etc.).
Although I can appreciate the thought that players may have had too many chances to gain excessive monocrystals, but thanks to the abysmally low resource cap and excessive crafting requirements for Mk5 items and ship components the previous gain rate was barely making the cut when grinding for a craftable ship or aiming towards a Mk5 set.