3/4 of your time must be spent in the wilds to be "at home." It's entirely possible that a long lived character in an underdog cabal spends more than 1/4 of their time attempting to raid/retrieve. Especially if you're playing a ranger that doesn't have great civilized options like Bedouins do.

I don't think his argument or solution is a very good one for different reasons, but your response is no good counter either.

Much easier to scrap the whole dumb idea of wilderness timer.

PS: Furthermore, even if he is including other non-wilds activities, it could easily still be the wide margin that is taking him over the cusp.