In Runescape there is no general level for player as such. Player must train each skill individually. In this game, there are about 20 Skills including Extraction Ones such as: Mining, Woodcutting, Thieving (It is gaining rescources from nowhere), and Fishing, plus Secondary (Processing) Skills (such as Smithing, Cooking, Fletching).Unlike most of the other MMORPG's, you can train every skill to maximum (level 99).
Skills are abilities that enable players to perform activities in the game. Some skills are available only to members and some skills are only present in newer versions of the game, while yet others can only be utilised by completing a specific quest. Many of the high-level abilities in each skill are reserved for members only. Players gain experience in a skill when they perform activities that utilize that skill, for instance mining a rock would raise the mining skill.
A player's level of experience determines the level of that skill. New abilities are given to the player when he reaches certain levels. Higher-level abilities in turn give more experience to compensate for the roughly exponential increase in experience points needed to reach each new level.
A character's power usually represents how much time is invested in playing, rather than skill. Casual players are interested in playing a few hours a week, but many hardcore gamers play more than 40 hours a week.
Some games require so much commitment that players have resorted to buying powerful virtual characters and items such as the MMORPG-specific in-game equipment rather than obtaining them through playing the game. World of Warcraft made an attempt to alleviate this problem by rewarding casual players with extra experience points relative to the amount of time they do not play the game ('resting').
An interesting exception to this is Guild Wars which created an unusually low maximum level so the majority of time is spent with all players on equal footing. From the FAQ: "Success in Guild Wars is always the result of player skill, not time spent playing or the size of one's guild."
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