I only hope to can still get xp in any harvest tree... dig for hours just to get honour is not so fun...
about all other:
Me and Xyreen experienced as well the same problem of Katemi, hit magic protection aura but died anyway by magical attack/damage... blame lag? good point... but we died anyway...
Should be also an healer missions giver for the healers (off and def affliction too i guess atm don't give u any honour...) is not right who wanna heal or affliction (cuz prefer as role, cuz is too low level on fight skills or something else...) can't get nothing by it... healers are a proud class, why they can't get honour as well?
I like the work Nevrax did, even if I'm not a desert forager, don't love (different from "don't like" or "hate") pvp and much more... but if the digging in the old lands will not give ya any xp I'll start to be disappointed...
The Kami tolerance there was nonsense instead the fact the Kamis send us there to dig, lol...
try to think that:
Proud XipetotecPrime go to the kami representative camp just out of Zora to get his brave missions in the name of Ma Duk and all the Kamis... the mission giver order him to go in the nasty old lands to collect some resourcers to build up the mighty temple of the inner, holy, beautiful, super Ma Duk...
...few minutes ago the proud Xipe, after sneaking some damn kitins and eluded some Karavan people... well hidden in a fertile terrain begin to extract some raw materials in the name of Kami, Ma Duk and bla bla bla...
while he's diggin a blinding light appear in front of him, an unnatural voice says "U bad homin, u're getting materials!!!! ahhhhh uuuu!!! u damn!!!! die in the name of the Kami 'cause u didn't respect the nature...."
at this point the poor Xipe, still smoking after the blast, was at Kami tp trying to deicide if he should buy the inner mega galactic holy fantastic breath of the mighty holy.... Ma Duk 4 erase his dp or f**k all that and go to listen techno music under the stroboschopic light of the Karavan spaceships...
have fun, see ya in old lands.