Harvesting gear

[morewardogs]

So if I go out to harvest materials, in this case let's say mining. Will there be special gear (pick, mining hat) I can bring to increase my effectiveness? If so will I have to equip that instead of combat gear so that I would be an easier target, or would it just be stuff that I keep in my inventory while still being equipped to deal with possible threats?

[theStormWeaver]

I believe there will be tools and kits that are used by workers to mine, harvest lumber, etc. You'll probably have to equip them, which makes sense.

It encourages you to work with others, some will mine, others will guard the miners. Although, it seems that most of the work will be accomplished by invisible NPC miners. I hope they aren't always invisible...

[Dario]

theStormWeaver wrote:

I believe there will be tools and kits that are used by workers to mine, harvest lumber, etc. You'll probably have to equip them, which makes sense.

It encourages you to work with others, some will mine, others will guard the miners. Although, it seems that most of the work will be accomplished by invisible NPC miners. I hope they aren't always invisible...

This is true for mining camps, but individual gathering will also be an option. I assume there will be things that either enable or augment an individual on harvesting nodes, whether in the form of gear that has to be equipped (mining pick, lumber axe) or skills to slot into your limited active slots. These would reduce your combat effectiveness, though possibly not completely remove it.