>EDIT: I agree that they can make solo ranking impractical for
>many builds, but transmuters sitting at 37 are no worse than
>assassins sitting at 35, or Grokko, or reaver rangers camping
>Redhorn, or a million other inconveniences of CF. The real
>game begins at hero anyway.

I could see an argument that level sitting muters are actually somewhat worse than those other combos. The last time I played a mid-level character it was when Jakhu was around. I pretty much resigned myself to the fact that he'd kill me at least once.