All I'm really saying is this. If you attach playing the game and enjoying the game purely to 51, then you're missing out. The tactics and the game evolve as you progress through levels. It's not about level sitting at 18 and wiping out the 3 people in your range repeatedly, but it could be. If you consider it a failure that you're waiting around on me for empowerment at 30, then probably my religion isn't your cup of tea. After all, how are you going to prove yourself strong enough to forcibly take what you want (if need be) if you make it to hero and you're 0-0? At that point (against shaman especially) everyone is gearing specifically to make your life against them harder.

Things I powerrank to hero are pretty limited to transmuters, shifters, and conjies. Maybe bard in there too. Everything else I like seeing what tactics work at level X and which don't. Don't get me wrong in the slightest, I'm not powerhouse pk guy, but I really enjoy trying.