Then by your logic there should be no exp when retrieving from ANY of the outer guardians.

I do agree that people should role play and retrieve their item, but...

Consistency, balance are a good things in a game... N that is not present here or in general with the mud(Its not easy to achieve).

It's always been a paper, rock scissors kind of game. Sometimes that's fun, trying to take down the paper when you are rock. To a lot of people it gets discouraging and they just stop playing your game.