I think that once the world has been generated all rare resource nodes should start out empty. If all nodes are ripe for the picking the second the server goes live, people will simply spend the first 5-10 hours spamming alts, roaming around within 4-6 tiles of their hearthfires and gathering and alt vaulting every resource they can get their hands on. Not fun. It keeps people from actually playing the game.
Please deplete all rare resources at launch so that we can actually play the game instead of neckbeard wildy spawns.
Thanks!