TheMap wrote:
See the problem here is that you are assuming that you cant have gathering if you are a fighter. And in essence that is a
BIG hindrance to everything you just said.
Forgive me if I'm being dense here, but how does that change anything? The guard could theoretically get some gathering done himself, but assuming resource locations/nodes are fairly limited, basically all you're doing is splitting the spoils instead of handing over coin as a paycheck.
I'll grant you, it's somewhat more engaging than standing around, but someone show me the line of PvP-specced players (and lets face it, we all know to win in PvP against a dedicated PvPer you have to be one yourself ... especially when they pick the battlefield and get the element of surprise) that are looking for an opportunity to go out and gather for a couple hours. People who enjoy PvP enough to be good enough at it to actually be a decent guard are generally not going to have a lot of interest in gathering. At best, it's a job they have to do to ensure a flow of resources to their tribe ... but it's not something they're going to consider fun.