Personally, I find Dalvyn's idea very entertaining. Many, many hours I spent on Selveem training skills because RPing 'swings' with other people (even without resorting to in-game 'murder' or other PVP commands) does absolutely nothing for your skill increases. Reference: Selveem considered Lathlain to be his equal in combat grace, yet code-wise, Lathlain was a much newer character who if I remember correctly barely had third attack. Selveem was a very prominent member of his faith and because of the time I invested in the faith, many members came to me for guidance IC.
Honestly, I understand countless people felt he was a 'twink.' But, really, I find that rather humorous. I spent a _lot_ of that time social networking, learning about the faith, visiting the various temples, questing, aiding lowbies/newbies, RPing with enemies. I know many of you spent a lot of time playing your characters and you love them very much. Selveem was my favorite. He was always the one I could turn to, as emotionless as he was, when I needed a _really_ good roleplay. Many consider the equipment he had gained and the 'speed' he gained his skills to be quite twinkish. What they did not take into account were the following:
+ Selveem has 1862 hours, alone.
+ Selveem is human and code-wise, an hour OOC is a _large_ portion of his life-span in consideration to say.. an Elf.
+ Selveem is a soldier of Tempus. Members of such a faith are _expected_ to excel in battle. (OMG, samurai spent their entire lives fighting! Freaking twinks.)
+ Selveem has spent at _least_ half of those hours in roleplaying with others. He is fairly quiet, but to characters such as Ceara, he has a very deep personality.
+ Selveem has helped many a newbie or lowbie complete low level quests that are important for their advancement ICly (think: wizards).
+ Selveem is my favorite character. As such, I have spent my longest time playing him. I wanted him of all of my characters to succeed.
Did I level him quickly? Honestly, I don't even remember. Did I spend countless hours fighting many different mobs? Oh, I assure you I did. And I take pride that I invested that time in him.
Does any of this matter? No.
What it all boils down to is 'Will this player be fair with other players?' Now, if the answer is no.. Why have you come here anyhow?
I think, personally, leveling here is great. I don't always _want_ to level. My favorite little Halfling, Fox, is still fairly low level. Does he act it? No, no way. He's a hardened little fighter and will rush to the aid of whichever side has the most/prettiest females! Would he die code-wise? Prolly. Who cares? *shrug*
In my opinion, I would rather see our coders spending their time on things to make the game even more fun and dynamic. This is an AWESOME place. This game has AWESOME people who I even kept in contact over my entire 3 year break from FK (mostly due to real life leveling).
Instead of concentrating our efforts on hampering aspects of the game, let's focus on things that really matter and help _everyone_.
That is all!
