> I believe the problem for you is finding opponents that are actually tough.

Uh...I wish. With each character I play there are typically some people I either match up really poorly against, or that are just so "good" that even though I match up well against them, they're smart enough not to die to me.

For Sulye it was Ahtieli, Frismund, Biklaha, Humbert, Shalsad. Also Twist's paladin, whose name I'm forgetting. Though, to be fair, those characters were problematic for most people, so I'm not alone in that.

> Imms generally don't want to go vis and sit at market square to talk to you, temples are there cause its kind of a private place for the chats.

Sure. If you want a chat, then the shrine is the way to go. My only point was that sometimes you can pray without it being a "come down and talk to me" request. More of a "Hey, I'm about to do something stupid/brave; wish me luck" kind of thing.