That's like saying that it's sad that the biggest debate in US politics is still who will be president next. Yes, it is, if you only look at the surface, always has been, and always will be. (At least until there is some basic cataclysim, like better communications making it possible to have real national publicity, and making the presidency fathomable, rather then voting for electors. Anyway, I'm rapidly getting offtopic.)

Basicly, XP is a big deal here. It will always be a big deal here. You can ignore it easily enough.