I don't know where incognito got the idea that you (Avilion) are spamming, but for all those who do practice by spamming, see his response.

As for general skill increases, if you're wondering why it's going slowly, the odds of an increase are affected by a couple of things people somehow tend to overlook: morale (see the last line in the morale help file), and intelligence (see the 'stats' help file).

Both help files have useful info on other things too.