Have MA changed how node trees work? I'm running through the Quarry forest WITHOUT tool equipped and I see nodes. One lvl 1 and one lvl 3... [Edit 10 minutes later] This must've been a bug. I have been running in the area without tool equipped and saw no more nodes. I then equipped tool and saw 1 node. Standing next to the tree I unequipped and the node went away, but came back with tool equipped. I could harvest the lvl 1 tree though.
I had this as well (I saw the node without anything equipped), but didn't investigate it too much. Just noticed that the node disappeared when I equipped a weapon.
No one was there at the time, so I don't know. I have watched someone else harvest but I had my own tool equipped at the same time so I don't know if I would've seen the node if I didn't.