* ElWu sighs grinning
You know I've followed whole discussion here and it's funny somehow

It's almost like debating what is more important in lasagne : pasta or tomatoes or maybe cheese

What I'm trying to say that both of this elements are important. And as long as they come along together there's no need to make no "siding"

Idea of rpg is a conversation with other people as well as interaction with environment.
First one is a roleplay second one are stats. It would be unnatural to just roleplay or just to level up.
Sometimes I don't want to make errands or kill anything, so I just sit somewhere chatting with my friends.
Sometimes I don't feel like talking so I just going to get some hides or do some questing.
In my opinion the most important word here is
BALANCE 
There is time for rp and for lvl as well. Just to anyone can do whetever he like at the moment.
Greets
