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The AP system is something that people have abused at times, no doubt about that, but i think removing it completely would only encourage people to run off and heal, would you rather have lamers sit around for half an hour before attempting to lame you, or have them constantly trying to lame you?

But then again, laming wasn't the main reason the AP system was introduced,
the important thing was for it to shorten the advantage PKers with level 3 sword + shield & 10 or more hearts had on new players with level 1 sword & shield and 3 heart.
This was ofcourse a long time ago and doesn't apply to the same extent at the time being, but the level 2 sword and shield aswell as more obtainable hearts are planned releases which will see starting levels and heart amount decrease.

The deal with Saint Mode is quite simply that if you avoid fighting with other players then other players should not be able to fight with you, this can also be helpful to new players, Newbie Saint is perhaps something that should be brought back for those who choose to go through the tutorial rather than skip it.

However i do think it might be a good idea to increase the time inwhich AP rises, i have the feeling that it rises alot quicker now than before the npcserver and as a result going from 0 - 20 and then 20 - 40 occurs too quickly.