Not sure if I would have gotten back into playing if it was super hard to level. I played non stop for 2 years and was level 36! And that was the highest any non wiz-cheated character had ever made it. Why make it hard for people to get up there? If it is harder to get exp then that is even more of a reason to fix some of the guilds who have major difficulties in getting skills/spells up to adequate levels for use. E.G. Enchanters.