Talk:Swords/@comment-46.59.167.8-20110409234850/@comment-130.108.234.13-20110428052441

You don't really need to have everyone reach Power Level 500 that fast, I'd think. You can always reduce the amount of experience required for your server to have this skill raise in the configuration file, or just change the global XP modifier and increase how much experience people get for all skills.

On my server, we have occasional double XP events and hopefully our server will be around for a long time, so I guess it doesn't bother us so much. While level 500 and 1000 aren't exactly the easiest feats to achieve by default rates, you can alter them to your liking if you think they are far too steep. Remember, these skills are simply a bonus on top of the large amount of entertaining things Minecraft offers. If you feel like you will end up forcing yourself to grind in a game where grinding more or less doesn't exist otherwise, I suggest you change the experience rates. Whatever makes the game more entertaining for you :)