Getting hit by others' enemy AoE while DoL gathering

[Tupsi]

DoL and Battle balance have absolutely nothing to do with each other

Your usual personal attacks aside - Before you tell someone else they don't understand something, you fail to realize unless it's relating to their specific venues, e.g what Nodes produces versus what battle content produces, they do have something in common.

Both can engage in combat (though you wouldn't want to as a DoL/DoH other than for kicks) which means it would indeed require a general battle system change, since it involves the battle system. I assume you don't do gathering, which means you probably missed the fact if a monster aggros you or you get hit by an AoE you immediately enter Battle. Meaning it's part of the battle system.