[LordSkie]

it's not that it's easier, it's that there's less choice, and obviously less risk. There's no risk involved involved in training.

There are bonuses to levelling, true. But damn, they're SO minimal in comparison. I need to do over 300 attacks (IF I'm very lucky with xp, I'm more likely to need over 400) to get my next level. That, of course, is assuming I never get attacked (every 20 or so times I lose will drop me 1 attack) and never lose a battle (every time I lose a battle I lose 2 attacks worth). So it's a long haul to get those levels. When you weigh up what you ACTUALLY get from those levels in comparison to training, it feels like wasted EP. That's why just about no one levels now, everyone's training.