I suggest gathering quests in Cyrodiil. That way those that are not the big fans of PvP they are still contributing to the battles in some small way.
Also with this idea.. Make gathering useful to the battles themselves by giving us some small bonus to our faction by how many things we gather.. .1% to ballista by gathering wood per 1000 pieces of wood.
..1% to armor by gathering ores per 1000
..1% to attack by gathering cloth per 1000
These quests should be repeatable to some degree and the buffs should only last for 30 min to an hour.
The crafting dailies are a nice start if not a pain. I stopped doing them because they were no longer fun. There is no adventure, no risk and no exploration. With this idea we would have to go out into the wilds and defend ourselves against animals, daedra, and other players. Sounds fun to me.
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