hey maybe i am wrong, im just working from my own experiance. as for gaining lvls and channeling skills between the times when my gear sucked and now, it states in my post that my casting skills have been maxed for a long time and thogh it doesnt say in my post, the only lvls ive gained between now and then are AAs
as for getting evidence to support my theories, frankily i dont care enough to spend the time doing that