>If you are stating this merely because you want to point out
>that it's true, all well and good. But if you are pointing
>out because of a reservation in that "of course, my ####e
>won't go up fast," then I have to cry foul.

There's no foul. I was stating that a fire giant will have the absolute slowest learning rate of anyone in the game, just as Nhiala has the absolute quickest. If I play a fire giant and happen to not reach an acceptable skill level via ranking, then it doesn't nececssarily imply that a smarter warrior (e.g. human) would be similarly unable. That's why I mentioned it. A better test might be with a human. If the warrior of "average intelligence" can't get to where he's supposed to be, that's more damning than if the super-dumb warrior can't.

>The fact is, you post an example of your skill set with one of
>your recent chars saying that look, I can perfect my stuff
>while ranking. Then you are called out and we find it's an
>elf with 25 INT. An elf that can heal himself and arguable
>solo rank effectively.

I don't recall saying "look, I can perfect my stuff while ranking". I prefaced the list with "for your amusement". I fully admit that Nhiala was tailor made to solo-rank.