Hello, It has been a very long time since I have played Planeshift and let my start by saying that I am really impressed with the accomplishments its made so far. However I'm noticing a trend in game play that is really starting to upset me. I'm talking about the amount of Power-gaming and Meta-gaming present within the game. More specifically, the 24/7 days a week grinding of skills so that players can become "Uber" for PvP. Now some of this doesn't bother me, for instance I don't mind if someone is killing things all day because at least you could in some way RP that. But what I see enrages me and I think is an insult to what Planeshift stands for. What I see is people, usually experienced players, going to an area for lower levels, hording swarms of clackers/rats/gobles and any weak enemy they can find. Then sitting down in that swarm in order to level their armor skills. Ask yourself this: Would your character in the game ever do anything like that? This is probably the worst example of power-gaming I have seen and is the kind of stuff you see in WoW. I mean why are trepors, and tefusangs, and ulbernauts even in the game if the experienced players who are meant to fight them spend half there time sleeping with rats and clackers... Its a joke, plain and simple. I used to play Planeshift to escape from all the "lol pwnage" and "Uber lewt". But now I see it constantly in this game. Even in the tavern I see people having OOC duels with each other. Its seems that everyone just wants to build up their character to become "Godlike" get the best "loot" and then "Pwn noobs in PvP"...Its really upsetting me, especially when its happening in one of my favorite true role playing games. I just think that people need to take a bigger step in enforcing RP on the server and crack down more on Power gaming. Also Ive seen the word noob used more than ever lately! When I played I don't recall ever hearing people say "Shut up noob" or "Your just a noob". But now its something I hear often. What happened to the game I used to play where people were always helpful to the newcomers and polite to them? What happened to the game where people sought challenging opponents to find and battle? What happened to the game where tolerance and kindness where what I got in the tavern rather than the word "noob" yelled at me...What happened?

~Fletch

P.S: Sorry about the tangent...