This was a very well written post and the view that teh RP vs PL debate is strongest on the forums is very accurate. I have found that the Powerlevelers will glady play along and chat in character when you talk to them in their enviroment, e.g. the PLatinum Mine, keep it in character and coax it along. I have said previously in the forums that I am a Player turned RPer, I never forget my roots, I use mechanics as was said by one person to grow my character through the course of time, But I prefer to talk and interact with those around me.

Zahii Thank you for being qbjective and very clear in your post.

Hrothbert walks slowly back to his Guilds house, other event that he must attend this day, But still his mind wanders to the events of the last few hours:

Was he truly wishing to follow the Goddess or just receive further blessing??
If it were the latter would this be the reason he was deceived??
Had he spoken up when the thought came to him would things have turned out different??
What must he do now to earn back the respect he has lost from Xiosia??
Was this one step the start of a slippery slide into the pit of darkness where who knows what fate awaits him??

These questions and many others cloud his mind as he turns the key to the guildhouse.

"Surprise!" He is startled; but more from being brought back to reality than the excited shouts of his friends.

'Hrothbert Come stand by me' Daniequy says, Hrothbert does so putting a smile on his face for all his friends.

'Today we have a promotion......' Daniequy continues talking, Hrothbert only half listens to know where his cue will be, His mind ever falling back to think about and ponder this emptiness that is inside him, and what must he do now to fill that void once again.

Ok for Xiosia she has a habit of showing up 'in the flesh' She did so a few times during the riverling storyline.

For the RPness of said event I agree with the last post on a couple of points:

1] Xiosia is considered a minor God, at least by what I have read in the books , So to do all this giving and blessing in the plaza instead of in the secret garden is a bit odd, especially near the Statue and temple of Laanx.

2] Xiosia appears to be attempting to collect more followers, and unless Laanx blesses her subjects in a similar way, which I doubt she will it is not in Laanxs character for this kind of gifting, It appears Xiosia may gain those followers.

3] Seeing some sort of recourse from Talad or Laanx would be nice, either by their Avatars showing up or through a new storyline of cryer reports in the Plaza or what not, Would make this event to be more palatable to the RPers.

4] Giving of talents was a nice effect being that the Goddess now appears to favour certain people, Being the pantheology that Yliakum has this is all within context and very fitting, and would cause certain ramifications.

Well theres my take and thanks for listening to those that do.

If we join do we have to wear jester hats??

Ok I am goin to interject here with a little bit of research I did though I know it may be a little OOC for me.

I took an alotment of time, i.e the time it to to collect as much loot as my main character could carry from trepors, And then spent the same amount of time at the mines here is what I received for my efforts.

1: from the trepor loot I collect just over 10k in tria, completely cashed out tria in hand

2: From the mining for the same amount of time I collected 7 platinum ores, not smelted or cast or sold just the ores,

Now even at the price the refined platinum sells at 7x1280+8960 tria, but that would have taken more time to melt and cast which in hunting could have had another load or half a load to sell again. 

So I apologize if now I am creating a whole lot of hunters to go out there and wipe every creature off the map over and over again but like OtM said mining works, so does smelting, and casting and selling, platinum ingots, Running around the maps trying to find somethign to fight and loot on the other hand might cause a different lag on the system trying to calculate that many creature spawns or magic effects or weapon strikes, and would create more of a chance for RP in a different way, creatig hunting parties that actually hunt.

Well just some thoughts from someone who 'tested' a theory.

I am a fighter and I hate the mines so finding a different source of funds was necessary, but the training I receive is more incidental now than powerlevelling because doin the same thing over and over again makes my brains ooze out my ears and I don't feel like playing the game anymore.

post count +1??? Hmm thats different mathamatics, So if I post count to say 20 add 1 then post again the next time I would have to count the posts in between my last two posts in order to find out how many more I have to add or just add 1 to the amount of posts in between my last two posts? Sounds to complicated I will just interject as I see fit and have a decent silly response to the topic at hand.

Now lets not get childish about the silliness, Lets all act like the mature people we are and be silly in an appropriate manner and at the appropriate time, Silly does not have to be insulting, but it also doesn't have to be on topic either,

So everyone grow up and be silly properly.

He is right this was simply a promotional thread, just information for the masses not a question to be debated over, But if he didn't want discussion or debates one would wonder why it wasn't locked right of the start so that no one could debate the topic, Hmm what a paradox.