How difficult is it to learn the collectable/favor system?

[Khalithar]

Though for gathering there seems to be a lot more going on with more abilities. Is it difficult to learn how to do this?

I found collectables for gathering difficult at first admittedly, when I was ready to do it I couldn't find any simple guides. Just guides with way too much information thrown at me and it was overwhelming, eventually I found a video that explained it in the most simple terms possible, it said this:

1. Find out what item you need to turn in.
2. Find out what time it spawns.
3. Find out what slot it's in.
4. Make sure the Collector buff is on.
5. Hit this button a few times to raise collectability score.
6. Hit this button to gather the actual item once it's score is high enough.
7. If you can't get the score high enough or can't gather it, get better gear.

That is literally the only information I wanted or needed when I started doing collectables for gathering and I could not find a guide anywhere that just laid it out in a nice simple explanation like the one above until I found said video. Short concise directions are what work best for me. Caimie's guide above can be useful, but for someone going in blind or isn't sure what to do or what the abilities they get are, it's just too much information all at once.