Decked level 44 maran dagger vs 38 swordspec zerker duergar a long way from the village is a fight I'd be all over too =P

Don't assume that I based my comment on losing that fight and some gear though. Quite a few people cleaned my clock/looted me. I'm just commenting on what I saw across the life of 2 characters, which generally was level-sitting Ilrek picking off ranking groups which he safely outmatched with skills/Maran powers, and quitting when the going got tough. I never saw lvl 44 Ilrek once I hit 48 and there was a strong Empire/Scion presence. Strange, that.