Thank you for your advices on pk, they make very good sense.

You almost got me willing to give another shot at CF but I won't for now because of the only point you didn't comment about Navarone's post: the leveled gear system.

Being able to use Hero gear at low levels gives an huge advantage to vets (explain me why it's in place for wands, talisman and scrolls but not gear?) and it adds an unnecessary superior challenge to the CF learning curve.

It creates an unbalance in CF that benefits only to the those who don't need an extra advantage to enjoy pk: vets and cheaters.