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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ExploderWizard" data-source="post: 5878916" data-attributes="member: 66434">This made me think of something thats fairly amusing (at least IMHO).  Way back when I first started playing, the objective of the game was gaining wealth, fame, and power. Treasure was the main source of XP and published adventures were largely locations stuffed with monsters & treasure. We tried our best to play smart and get as much treasure as we could of course but speed of gaining levels was barely a blip on our radar.  Flash foward many years.............. Characters now have more abilities and fiddly bits. The objective of the game is defeating enemies, completing quests, and being the most badass heroes you can be. Quests and combat are the main sources of XP. Despite wealth & power being de-emphasised, there is an inordinate amount of time obsessing over leveling up, chomping at the bit to get to level X so that Y ability can be used.   What I find amusing is that in games featuring powering up as a goal of play, the players have a moderate interest in gaining levels. In games featuring quests and heroic activities, the players have more of a fixation on leveling up and gaining power.  Its funny because logically one would expect the exact opposite to be true.</blockquote>