If someone could post a link pointing to the post where devs said it was ok I would really appreciate it. That's really what i was looking for, some sort of feedback from the development on this issue. I follow the dev posts incredibly closely, but I must have missed that one somehow.

I, personally feel it smells like an exploit and I don't do it, but many in my ls do and I don't try to tell other people what they can and cant do. If you want to do it, that's your choice.

That said, it would be would be a very tough thing to fix fairly. I think the best option is to normalize sp gained from leves to remove the incentive to do this, like has been suggested by other posts in this thread. As long as some level reward much more sp than others and the system remains the same as it is now, this will continue.

Devs, please chime in on this thread. And again if someone could post a link to the previous dev feedback on this issue I will give you a cookie.