>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.

I honestly was thinking of putting the subject of the original post as "the transmuter tax".

The thing is, 90% of these chars will not approach you if you are leveling in a group. They are just there to kill the solo leveler.