[LordSkie]

well, I for one won't argue donators should have an advantage- after all, that's how the game gets money to continue, those people should get benefits. And I don't think changing the donation house now is a good idea, those that have the benefits already would have a totally unfair advantage, and I think the donation house is already set up pretty well.

All that's needed is something to balance it to assist those who can't donate- the person who said about having a stat limit pertaining to your level was onto a good idea, but I don't think that's the best solution. HOWEVER, having a level limit on equipment wouldn't be a bad idea at all, since the idea at the moment is equipment is limited by zone- but you simply get someone else to buy it for you, problem bypassed.

I think that giving levels more benefit really is the ideal solution- they're hard to get anyway, donators still have an edge if they want one. But levels are limited- you can train stats whenever you want (with ridiculous endurance, happiness doesn't honestly matter anyway) whereas you can only attack so many people that give decent xp. Not to mention, higher levels are insanely hard to reach, and energy refreshing will only get you so far- after all, it costs a LOT of credits at the top end for a full refresh.

Ultimately, donators will always have the edge, but levels are something non-donators can at least compete on through activity.

As to the training argument- well, experience always counts for something. You can have a boxer with 10 years experience, only a couple hours training a day fight someone with a years experience, and 10 hours training a day. The experience will seriously offset that, with the added point that excessive training in a short space of time is FAR less effective than prolonged training over a long period of time.