"Having everything before 200 hours doesnt give you character much options to grow or goals to achieve. 199 hours and i'm leader, titled, have tons of edges, and etc. "

Well, in my opinion getting a tattoo has nothing to do with longevity, it has to do with consistency and a deeper understanding of a religion, as well as the consistency within said religion to be marked for it. I had no plans to be made leader, nor did the Immortal leadership have plans to make me leader, which also was previously stated. The current leader stepped down and rec'd me. It was kind of a fluke.

I also had less than ten edges, maybe 3 were picked after getting Imm exp. The rest was from my usual explore/observation exp I get and no more or less than I generally do with most of my characters.

Also, almost Every character of mine burns out at the 200hr mark. That's just my personal style. I doubt I will EVER play a 600hr character, that is just not my playstile. Pound for pound, I involve myself in a LOT of PK to my play time ratio, and I also tend to mob die as often as pk win/losses combined.

I just think you're way off mark. Rewards should be given as they are earned. If one character is doing it in a fashion that seems to be a lot faster than one of your own, there is probably a good reason for that. I don't waste much time IC with what I am doing, and often drop 5-10hr sessions in a single day when I have the time, if not more. 200hrs for you might be more than a few weeks, for me, it's often less than that.

Not only all that combined, you have to remember this is probably my fourth or fifth tattoo follower of Lyristeon, and even you have to admit, I probably have it down pretty pat. Am I wrong for playing often, a build that I enjoy? We play for fun right? Forgive me for not playing my typical cloud dagger spec, imperial shapeshifter, drow assassins or cloud giant rangers, or thief villagers, or any other slew of my "cookie cutter" power combo's, *wink* but I like to play my comfort characters time to time, because I understand how to promote them very quickly, aka outtie druids.

Long post, but honestly, you can't take my specific situation and try to generalize it to halloween handouts of power-candy.

I'm no PK giant, and I am certainly no RP whore (I mean that in a good way) but Lyristeon chaos druids, I am very good at and able to gain what I have a lot easier than most people.

So, it might lose meaning to you personally about my said situation, but I had a freaking blast the whole way through, and probably would have con died within RL hours after my deletion anyhow. So take that to think on for a bit.



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