No matter what you do to improve t7 t8 gathering , big guilds will get more .Casual people can not gather high tiers in sustainable way because , people are waiting 24/7 to gather in a specific map.Not only the gatherers but also the gankers in both sides waiting for the resources in same specific map .Example , after reset over 15 gatherers in our alliance spread out in the t8 t7 maps and now we are gathering high resources which will respawn in hours .If you increase the spawn rate will be good for us again because we are in same map anyway.This updates for gathering is not beneficial for casual gatherers in long run, PEOPLE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A PURPOSE OF HIDEOUT, and people who has the hideout will gather most of the resources, its that simple( as long as its a big guild with gatherers)High tier resources occupied by high tier guilds,High tier terries occupied by high tier guilds.Best positions in the map occupied by high tier alliance.If you dont change this which you can not , there is no sustainable long run with any upcoming update for gatherers.