Well, obviously I've been gone a long time. I figured that ya'll might want to have an idea why.
What it comes down to is that my summer semester was a boatload of suck, I screwed up a course badly, and I'm still trying to dig my way out of the hole it left me in academically and financially. Fall PhD courses have been hard to keep up with while simultaneously trying to manage my stress levels, finances, illnesses, and trying to figure out where things are going in my life.
So I've been a bit hesitant to spend time on anything resembling an end game grind, which is where many of my characters are at in the level scheme. I won't spend time here going into why the end game content is less than appealing to me, because others have voiced it before and with much more emotion than I care to expend on it. Instead, I've been spending my gaming time on games that more fully immerse me in the world away from my own.
That being said, I still love the lore, love the land, and love my kinnies. So, I will return at some point. I just don't know when. Until then, I'll just lurk the message boards as I have been doing.