First let me say thank you for finishing it. Unfortunately today you can't go past Hamel as he doesn't understand you. Hope the fix will be here soon.

I am going to comment this weapon repair thing now: Keella is training it and let me tell you there's no advantage in doing it. First you start with really basic weapons (daggers at best as it stands for now) and you have to fix about a dozen to reach your first level and double that number for the next and so on. Now where will you get that many ruined daggers when the new players just get rid of them the first occasion because 1) they made enough tria in one way or another or 2) they were given a finest weapon (which happens a lot but that is another subject). Point being not one of those I've given an regular dagger (or any other weapon) returns to me for a fix (that I promised to be FREE!) so I'm not progressing anywhere cos  I NEED those. Now each repair eats one repair kit which costs me 100 tria so it is at least 1200 tria only on the first level (when I find the weapons to fix) and increases over next levels without taking into account the tria I need to gain the next level. The amount of PP I am and was getting for repairing a weapon of that kind is in the range of 1 to 5 usually and it took me more than 20-30 levels to get to the point to repair those Q300 weapons. And only now I am able to do repairs for others since most of those who care to have it owns that kind of weapon and now I am finally getting about 25-40 PPs for a repair (but only for an expensive weapon that is greatly ruined) which I find only fair. Because I still loose tria doing it, it takes me dozens and dozens repairs to get to the next level and I still need to get to the point when I'll be able to repair most weapons available. And let me say that my char (that is a crafter/merchant by trade) is not making much tria out of her trade really... who wants some mediocre weapons she can make on her own when her husband can assemble the high quality ones (not that I complain about that, we do function great as a team).  Darn, I was too long this time but that is my view of just a portion of the subject. And yes I had to go OOC and do some hunting in the past to earn me the PP's needed to advance in my chosen skills and loot some weapons that I'll ruin just so I could train. Same goes for armor which is even harder and gets you 1PP each repair regardless of anything. And who will have their armor repaired when mobs drops it whenever you need it (even HA if you are a skilled hunter/mage to do it).

I must say your second example is not the best and quite improbable as we as a guild don't support that kind of chars... looks like you haven't  done your homework well

It is not working for most of us who updated. Keep an eye on this tread http://www.hydlaaplaza.com/smf/index.php?topic=37643.0 or join us on IRC for news.

Another good thing would be reading the book, it is all in there  Keella can be helpful in the kitchen so feel free to ask her for help when you see her in game.

I can confirm that since I tried it with a new char, digging gave me a little experience that's true, but not in mining and I tired several times before getting my first iron ore (I dug about 20-25 times I think). And than I just gave up, that char will never be able to dig at this rate.