Ladies, ladies ... your both beautiful.

Let's try and break all these factions down and reset the tone, shall we?

Faction #1: Being allowed to gain XP while being AFK is inherently wrong and has no place in an MMORPG. Anyone who does it is a Cheater.

Faction #2: How a player gains XP is his own business and as long as it doesn't subtract XP from any other player, it doesn't hurt anyone and should not be restricted. Anyone who wants to restrict it is a Fascist.

Faction #3: Powerleveling negatively affects all the players in the community by completely throwing off the balance of available camps and diminishing the pool of potential party members. Anyone who doesn't see that is Selfish.

Faction #4: Full Party XP should be the most effective way to gain XP in a given time. All other methods should gain less XP in the same amount of time. Anyone who can't understand that is Dumb.

Faction #5: Level Syncing should be implemented because it is the best way to accomplish the inherent goals of powerleveling, without the negative connotations of actually powerleveling. Anyone who doesn't want that is Narrow-minded.

Faction #6: Powerleveling really isn't about gaining XP. It's about being able to play with whoever you want whenever you want. Anyone who is against that is Anti-social.

Faction #7: Powerleveling is about gaining the maximum amount of XP in the least amount of time in order to reach endgame as fast as possible ... which is the entire point of playing an RPG in the first place. Anyone who thinks otherwise is Naive.

I personally fall squarely in Faction #5, though I like to flirt with Faction #4. Unfortunately, that makes me think that everyone else is either narrow-minded or dumb. I realize this bias, but I'm willing to put that personal opinion aside.

There is a lot of opinion rolling in this thread as fact, and more than a few points that are posing as valid when they are less so.

Anyway, I see the reasons for and against, and appreciate all the points of view. What I'm hoping is that by showing all of the points of view we can debate with a little less heat, and a little more light.