GURPS Dark Sun Conversion

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Originally Posted by Jürgen Hubert

Like I said before, the 4E version of Dark Sun is very well done. While parts of it were admittedly attempts to shoehorn the 4E rules into the setting, otherwise it really looks like the authors went through all the material and distilled it down to everything that makes Dark Sun cool.

I'm still unclear about what makes Defiling more attractive than Preserving. What did I miss? Asta answer applies to 2e, AFAICT. In 4e (like 3e) all classes are on the same level progression.