Talk:Collections/@comment-86.164.16.114-20150116165650/@comment-24668482-20150116181653

Where are you reading the total collections in the game? In the top1000 or in the awards section under the collectors award? The top1000 is notoriously off in most categories, it does not take certain things in the game into account, and sometimes the numbers you see differ from those others see when looking at your stats (like the quests numbers) making it even harder to figure out. In terms of collections, often the top1000 will be missing a lot, as it might not count the collections you combined when offline, and your net connection could drop while playing without you even noticing. The game needs to update the servers for the top1000 list, and if there is a problem doing that live, it often doesn't correct the mistake retroactively. That is why most people see very different numbers in the top1000 versus the awards section (or, as in your case versus your own records).

The collections listed under the collectors award in award section will contain all collections you have ever combined, including those used to make artefacts (so those collection totals will be lower in collections tab since they have been used, but still counted in awards section). Unfortunately if you have more than 5000 collections (the current max award for collections) you wont get to see the counter in the awards section,  and will be stuck with the very unreliable top1000 list.