I played Baendra, who the RNG killed during the transformation. I then rolled up Zkatholef, powered to spectre, got the quest, started looking for items, found the last one and deleted.

I think I can safely say that Baendra was a char that was very much about rp, whilst Zkatholef was a char that was very much about "I want to test the mummy powers so I'm going to power rank and power quest". Not nearly as deserving of the becoming, imho.

There are a number of mechanics reasons that I think short term becomings are bad too. For example, you can wait to see which cabal has the kinds of classes you are going to need to help you with your goal, then roll a necro, and be fairly certain they'll be around. That is, of course, sometimes affected by the hours you put in per hour of real life, but not always.

To summarise, I think that people whose goal is to become as fast sa they can will probably not be into their rp as much as the mechanical issues. I'd rather see characters prove themselves a little first (at the very least giving imms more time to judge them).