Not necessarily, this ambient type of game-play is a big part of the overall RPG experience. But lets get to the point. And I continue , "Why not remove the nodes all together and just pay a sum of gold for some extra daily rewards, they serve no actual purpose". You can sense where I am going with this. All of a sudden, you are playing the paperclip game, the only thing you see are the mere numbers. You might not have a problem with that, many like to play in the trading post after all. Still don't think it is the right turn for the game. And let us not forget, the nodes were added as an incentive to get us to visit our home instances. If something like that was to be implemented it would be a 180 degree turn from the point of Anet.