Offline skilling has been greatly improved in the recent patches and now includes Attribute skilling. You can skill any attribute up to 100 at a very reasonable rate.
General skill gain has also been greatly increased as well as crafting with the latest patch.
On the EU Server we have signed up to the war against SUN to finally downsize them and try to loosen their grip on the best holdings in Darkfall.
Our first victorious siege had over 400 people involved and was very playable, it was a glimpse back to the days of old, with massive armies clashing together, epic stuff all in all :)
There is a very cheap 3 month package at the moment for people thinking about re-subscribing, make the most of it and start your next stage of character development before the next major expansion his, Darkfall Arena, with more massive changes to the combat system and gear system.
Silva