The urge to rush towards hero does not necessarily have to be uniform to connotate good roleplay. There are people who could probably advance in their field in real life if they really wanted to, yet are happy and content with where they are. On the same note, if I'm a hero for 200 hours and then see some guy suddenly hero who I've never heard of, who deletes next day with 80 hours on his char then I'm going to be disappointed. I'd rather interact, do my killing, do my RP'ing all the way up even if it takes me a bit longer then per quota.