See, I can totally ignore the salient points and just focus on something I want to.

Seeing as how I've played a total of 30 hrs on CF since June, I don't really see how you can say I have "sour grapes". I just know I've had MULTIPLE people talk to me about how they are concerned that there are characters that are over-rewarded.

Again, I love how people are arguing against my point by claiming "I want to have a reward if I write a good role and play it for 400 hrs" which PROVES my point. Playing your role and playing it well SHOULD BE IT'S OWN REWARD. I can't stress that enough.

I have no idea where you got the gnome hand spec part of your post from. I never wanted that. Let me elaborate on my "Abs and other imbalanced things" comment, point by point.

ABS) I really don't like the fact that you can be totally two different characters depending on where your sleeks pop. Have an easy set? You're instantly competitive at all times. Have a really difficult set? You better know some unique wands and be able to tailor your fight style to deal with the fact you aren't decked to ####. I've often said my solution would be something that would be a bitch to implement but would fix this problem entirely (hence, why I've never been mad at the IMMs for not implementing it). If you want me to rehash it I can, let me know.

Role Contests) As someone who has won 4 (repeat, 4) of them, I think the rewards given for a victory are much too powerful, especially because none of my winners had more than 100 hrs at the time of the win. I really don't find it fair/balanced that I get a very powerful boost on my character just because I can write a good story. I've had over 20 people ask me to write roles for them because, and I quote, "I want to win a role contest and get something cool".

Imbalanced things) There are several things in the game that are imbalanced right now, mainly because the things that used to check against that imbalance either aren't feasible anymore (giant gangs) or logistics keep it from happening (you no longer have 20 people in your range at all times...so ranking is absurdly easy...hence, high XP penalty characters are no longer at such a disadvantage). I've outlined several times how I would fix this and no one but the players have ever commented on it. Despoil is a perfect example. Despoil is OP but only when there are a ton of competant SCIONs on. Normally, that's not a problem, but now we have a lich, two quest form shifters, at least one other character that has a beefy reward, etc. Not only that, you have Krunk slaughtering villagers left and right, and a strong village is one of the things that keeps SCIONs in check.

I get the feeling that now that you've used your AIM list and Hell trips to get you at a competitive point with the best players in CF, you could give two ####s about helping anyone else at this game, and that's sad.