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As mentioned, I think the Elements are morally neutral...

I tend to agree. I believe the Elements influence a mage's character in subtle ways, but it's the mage who makes moral choices. For example, Fire encourages boldness, aggression and decisiveness, but it's the mage who chooses whether to turn these traits towards combating evil and trailblazing (both literal and figurative) or towards inflicting suffering and dominating the weak.

I think each Element has its merits and flaws. We tend to view Fire as "evil" only because, in modern times, we tend to forget that aggression and competitiveness can be used in constructive ways (and have been throughout the history). Even Water, which seems to be all about compassion and helping others, has flaws. For example, [spoiler]Shareen covering for Brashem despite him being a danger to others. Okay, maybe Brashem is not a bad guy; but one can easily imagine a situation where he could take advantage of her because she's not only in love with him, but is also an inherently soft and caring person due to her connection to Water. [/spoiler] 

I have a strong suspicion that 'giftless' are actually NOT 'not chosen' by the elements. I think it is a lie maintained by the mage castes to keep power away from the obvious majority.

That would be a curious perspective, if Mages had any political power in this game. Which they don't, it seems. At least, not overtly. They just keep to themselves. The only two areas of life where they have any influence, it seems, is technological progress and training of other mages.

Of course, we will have to wait and see. Maybe only Iginor Tower is so neutral. Maybe mages in Dominatra are all about power and political games.

I've tried it multiple times, and can say with confidence that the feather required for the first Sphere of Knowledge test (Air mage walkthrough) does no give any XP. So it's impossible to complete the game with 500 XP playing as the Air mage. I've completed the game with every class and finished 500 XP walkthrough with Water Mage just yesterday. For every class except Air, the item required for the first Sphere of Knowledge test give 1 XP. I've also seen other people on Steam forum complaining about this issue.

Hope it'll get fixed, soon. Otherwise, I've experienced no issues with the game, it runs perfectly.

[Earth 9.3]

We have data to guess that easily, as Steam does track that:
Current % of players who completed the quest: Earth 9.3 Water 3.7 Fire 3.0 Air 2.1
and full Bonus points: Earth 1.7 Water 1.4 Air 1.0 Fire 0.9

thus I would place a bet that Earth is the most played Element - or is it just the easiest ?
Or both  ...

That's surprising to me. But now that I think about it, it tracks. Most adventure/quest players are probably rather logical and reserved, so Earth answers would be appropriate. Also, I've heard somewhere that most players prefer roleplaying as heroes, so Water answers would be appropriate.

My answers have suggested that I'm Earth, too. But I still went with Air, because it's my favorite element.

Edit: grammar.

I know it's probably early, but I'm curious. What is the most played Element as of this date?

I've whipped up a small poll here: http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=5c61025ae4b000f8f0a04810

I've tried it multiple times, and can say with confidence that the feather required for the first Sphere of Knowledge test (Air mage walkthrough) does no give any XP. So it's impossible to complete the game with 500 XP playing as the Air mage. I've completed the game with every class and finished 500 XP walkthrough with Water Mage just yesterday. For every class except Air, the item required for the first Sphere of Knowledge test give 1 XP. I've also seen other people on Steam forum complaining about this issue.

Hope it'll get fixed, soon. Otherwise, I've experienced no issues with the game, it runs perfectly.

Edit: I guess I should've posted this in the "technical issues" forum. Sorry.

Nevermind, I've figured it out. It seems taking a break truly helps, heh.

For those interested in solution:
[spoiler] Each letter in the title of the book Varner read four days ago corresponds to the first letter of the appropriate Element. So, for example, a word "walls" would mean Water, Air, Light, Light, Shadow. Basically, my initial mistake was assuming that every dial combination consists of only three Elements. Turns out Varner is a bit paranoid and prefers longer passwords. [/spoiler]

So, what's the solution? I've been banging my (apparently, dumb) head against this problem for an hour now.

My veriant of the book Varner used for his Private Hall combination is "Walls We Saw Fall".

First, I though it was about the first letters of those words. Then, I thought it was a metaphor (walls - earth, saw - light or air, fall - fire or shadow, etc.). Nope. I also tried remembering Varner's dialogue for some kind of a clue, but nothing comes to mind. In short, I am thoroughly stuck.

Please help.