The whole area was flagged for pvp, your fame determined what side you were on, whatever your alignment was if I recall. Diggers got points for turning in the mats while crafters got points for crafting portions of the temples. This event did upset a lot of people but if it was a race to see which side would finish first why would a digger be able to just continue farming mat, it would just be a dig race and pvp would be non-factor. For me goal was to not allow the other side to recover mats, same as super nodes. I think it could be great fun and going to the event like all others would be optional liike all the others.