I was ready through some of the posts in this folder to pass time on a long boat ride when I saw one that stated being around mages when they cast causes our inner fire level to decrease. I hadn't heard this before and can't for the life of me understand why the powers-that-be would do this since it seems like it would cause barbs to not want to group as much, as there are so many Elanthians waging there fingers.
They may be out-of-date, but I've seen stats indicating that citizens are relatively evenly spread throughout the guilds(give or take a few percentage points)which would mean that barbs would not want to group with roughly 60% of the players. That's in theory, of course; a barb could always choose to play with a caster regardless of the loss to inner fire.
That said, my question is: exactly how important is inner fire? I was away from Elanthia for a few months this past winter and spring so I may have missed some changes, but I've never seen any noticeable effect of inner fire on my abilities. To put it bluntly, what good is it? Am I missing something or is it a pointless ability. I hope this makes sense; it's really late and I'm really tired :)

Inner fire is what fuels your dances, berserks, enhances and helps you resist magic. It is probably the single most important factor you want to undersand in this guild. It is not an ability. Think of it as what mana is to a mage, inner fire is to us.

Holb