Exactly to the point Owain... never played UO but I agree that the "grind" kills MMO's. It is also bad in that if in the group you have some level differences that will greatly affect the "award" for members of the group. I understand they do that so that a high level player does not run interference all the time for his buds... but even a few levels make it tough... hence the stable of level buddies everyone seems to have lying around...

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