[imported_Cole]

very true, but neither you nor I can say that if there was a harder skill gain on XUO, that the XUO players would of put in the same time they did with these skill gains. Yes, some players might not of bothered at all, but there would still be those who would put in the time and effort to GM their skills.

I think it would be best to measure time spent in proportion to the time required to GM a skill based on your respective shard.

That doesn't make so much sense to me...if you consider how much time XUO players may have spent developing skills if skill gain was harder, you would still have to imagine how much time INR players also spent developing skills if skill gain was harder there. It doesn't matter that INR's was harder than XUO's, this is a relative situation that needs to be dealt with equally on both sides.

Edit: I like that you like the color green (your sig). It seems we agree on something. Just had to say something blatantly nice after all this debate.