The fact is, it takes longer to Chop than to RC, -and- you don't have to learn a secondary skill to do it.

Do you really want to make it easier to realitycheck?

We don't want it instant.  We want it to take several seconds - around 10 or so, which is still -lots- of time to react.  But that doesn't require us to put hordes of lessons into a skillset, when you don't need to in order to defend.  And so we don't have to deal with switching between a staff and axe constantly.

Illusions is a guild skill.  Discernment isn't.  Now you actually have to learn a non-guild skill to break our demesnes, like we do yours.

And you only need chop once  in a non-natural forest.

First, I already mentioned flamed monolith sigils.  And yes, I -happen- to have 50k gold I want to spend on monolith sigils, an average of once a year.

And...Oh my god, no!  I made a minor mistake on how mulching for wood works, oh the humanity!  The point still stands, you -can- create commodities, we -cannot-.  Party A) Possible, but time consuming.  Party Impossible.
Now, aside from pointing out what I already had (Three times), and attempting to flame me because I got a minor point on a skill I don't have wrong....what have you done to invalidate my arguement?

What's that?  "Nothing," you say?  Because I'm right, and the only thing you have to work with is CapsLock, in the vain hope that it'll distract everyone from what was said?

I thought so.

I'd be fine with it in Stag.

See, -that- would make it balanced.  If you had to invest the same effort into defending your Demesne from being broken, as we do.  As we need to invest similar amounts of effort into a Common skill in order to counter said defense.

Ah, very well.  I figured your arguement was heavily based on what was emphasized - us being able to farm an infinite amount of wood, with the only cost being about 500 or so mana.  Apparantly, I was wrong.

Very well!  I can create wood, after two years.  I am, after all, a druid.  That's what I do.  I tend plantlife.  I grow trees.  I serve Hart.  It is an amazing concept and belief that, in a forest, I get wood.  I know, this is REALLY hard for you.  Trees = wood.  I know, I know - those logs in your porcelain throne really aren't where paper comes from.  But yea.  Trees.  Amazing.  So cool.  1337, as some would say.

Now, to your bit about not being able to, with lots of effort, create commodities - you're really getting as bit late on this subject.  Druids have been able to make wood since the game opened.  We plant a moonhart (which grows a HELL of a lot faster).  5 saplings grow into 5 matures - 2 of these are mulched for, what, 6 wood each?  they then become 3 enormous ones, which 2 are mulched for a large amount of wood.  Each.

What commodity would you like to create?  I mean, Taint is fairly incompitent as far as MAKING life goes, so, trees, fruits, veggies, eggs, milk.  These are all out.  Taint is very good at, however, extending life indeffinately - would you like to be able to make the rocks around you live for a really long time?  If so, I'm sure such could be arranged.

Ah, I'm being unfair, aren't I?  Would you like to make gold?  Well, as stated - give me your ubermesne, and I'll give you the ability to make wood, after a very long drawn out process.  Which can only be done in my forest, or in Faethorn (which it never is, because Blacktalon mulch our saplings, so you can demesne).  Visa-versa for 9/10s of the Blacktalon, as well.  Hmm.  I'm really failing to see your point here.  Amazingly, we can make wood after two years - probably a cheap amount, but, some.  You could (this is a real novel concept, really innovative, and perhaps beyond your years!) ASK Glomdoring if you could cut some trees.  I know.  Very hard to believe.  But it works.

As to your flamed monoliths.  Be glad a monolith stops wisp AT ALL.  Geocast summon is stopped by nothing but perhaps my own fat ass.  And, as a faeling, this is very difficult.  Here, you're paying a bit more (commodity wise), while having a like skill be only occasionally blocked, and based on a stat.  Here, we can't block it - however, a different guild all together can make wood.  For furniture.  Hot damn, I feel REALLY cool now.