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Firstly, let me start by saying I STILL use the Jean Ropke/community collectors map Now to answer your question:- No, the role isn't broken, it is IMO now working as the Devs originally intended. Collector was always a big payer when used in conjunction with the map, this however is technically a cheat as it is not provided by R* but has been cracked/deciphered by the players & created to make the collectors role easier. Therefore, it is now more in line with the other roles for payouts - Bounty Hunts take a good 5 minutes plus to get very low $$ rewards, even making strong moonshine [without lowering mash price] only pays out $244 [less $50 mash] for almost 1 hour of gameplay, even the new naturalist pays out very low $$ for turning in samples to the lunatic Harriet. Although, IMO $$$ are pretty useless it's Gold Bars that are the real currency! Now, let me just address this to anyone that is still trying to rank up collector - this is still possible & it is still possible to make full sets just not as quickly & not as often, as I said above, IMO this is now WAI by the Devs, consider the Weekly Collection - the Devs give us 7 days to find 3 items when most days I can make the collection & hand in multiple times per week - that signals just how it was intended to originally work IMO. The thing to do is play the game in the new style brought in by the Naturalist role - slow down, take it all in, stalk & sample animals, kill & skin them for selling to Gus [for more low $$$ payouts] & make the clothing sets [if you want to fork out between $250 - $700+] for cosmetic only items that offer no better protection than a thick coat [& in a lot of cases don't work with Never Without One!! Don't get me wrong, the RNG sucks & I miss the days of 4 straight hours of collecting & turning in sets but now I just keep item levels to a certain point - I can say I have 5 sets of everything stored - except Arrows & Coins [2 of the sets that have been heavily impacted by the new RNG] & keep no more than 8 of most collection items loose in my satchel [except Caribbean Rum for Moonshining & Scotch Whisky as the Antique Alcohol mechanic is broken for me & no matter what I drink I consume a Scotch - Eggs of certain types I keep at 6 or 7 for the occasional collect challenge & some coins which the RNG refuses to give me!] everything else I sell down to 8 to Madam Nazar who I now visit twice per session so I don't draw a blank when I get to a random spot [although u still get the XP]! If you are trying to level up Collector I know the changes will have slowed the progression down but it is by no means broken & can be done in tandem with most other activities such as Trade Route, Protect Legendary & Animal Tagging, all of which pay XP & $$. Don't give up just take it slow & use the map if you want to!

i doubt he/she'll read anything here or visit this forum again. One of those "one shot one kill" posts/members.

Damn that sux partners !! At times like this im glad i bought my X box when RDR 2 came out (i was a 100% PC player and wanted to play RDR 2 so i decided to buy a console) and i never did get back to my PC. I even disconnected it and hide in a closet. There were some situations when i met a player using some cheats in pvp but they were dealt with fast. Nothing like summoning lions or ufo's on you. Some Auto aim boosters , wall hax and 2 times god mode. Unfortunatelly i dont think that R* will fix the problem on PC - first of they dont care that much. 2nd i dont think its possible with the system they have - hackers will find a way to cheat anyway. About the "i paid and cant play online" - I believe that R* charges you for the Story Mode and i totally get that - its a masterpiece. The online mode was something extra, a free bonus. Its not that you pay them for the online game. If you want to play online without problems like this and dont mind spending some cash buy a console. I know im not buying another PC anymore. Currently playing on xbox one x and waiting for new X box this X mas.