7.5.5 Assuming you can still perform "reasonably altho nowhere close to optimal" when you enter combat in trading sphere ...
Will you be able to, say, gather herbs at a "reasonably altho nowhere close to optimal" rate if you are in combat gear? Or is this a case of "that option is not available, please go back to town and change your sphere" game restriction ?
Unlikely you'll be able to harvest as an adventurer. The defending yourself as a crafter is there becuase of aggro mobs. We are currently not planning on having aggro harvesting components :)