He had ice control at lvl 40... Was going SO well, awesomely geared, 50ish charges on the weapon and icecontrol, ready to lvl to hero ranks, just 100-120 hours played or so... But... Servers had to burn up...
I got to ice-control. It was my first hero AP ever. I remember this, I was 100% sure you were stalking me. And the magistrates were telling me where you were, but for a split second... I wasn't aware that you went into the room. hehe (I had no charges at the time, I had lost my 40-50-charge weapon to a scion transmuter, which made me go anathema.)
drow/arial outlander/imperial/villager (berserker)
axe/mace/sword/h2h
whirlwind/flow of shadows (If empire/berserker) Due to deathblow OR imperial training, flow gives offense AND defense to make you survive the most odd encounters and add extra damage.
whirwind/gates (if outlander) Due to armor/hp bonus
soul/gates (if outlander) Due to armor/hp bonus
Axe is waaaay underated for low-dex r
And I truly hope and believe that you're changing. :) Welcome to CF is almost all that I have to say.
Personally, I haven't experienced much shittalking since I returned to CF (Yes, I've returned to CF.) and the RP-lvl has been quite high. I know which giant you're talking about and from my point of view, I've seen bit of RP. Then again, I'm not one of the newbie