Re: no hero bonus for the fire mage
 

flames from the sky gives you a report, unlike fires from afar... and it gives kills, not necessarily experience.

Re: no hero bonus for the fire mage
 

It sort of makes sense in a perverted surreal way though. You don't directly get the info from observation, but from the Hall of Fame fan club. The fates who watch the Hall of Fame give you the intel second-hand. ;-P