If your weapon is not sheathed, you will display your combat. If it is sheathed, you will display your total level. Combat level is displayed upon entering combat if total level is shown before entering combat. I know, "in the situations it's shown" I said. If you don't want total shown just unsheathe your weapon. Problem solved. I don't see why so many people some how think it's bad to show total opposed to combat outside of combat context. I mean combat level is like the most of irrelevant bit of information about your character ever when you aren't fighting something; heck even in pvm it's kinda meaningless because no-one *needs* to know it other than you about the only circumstance it really is truly vital is pvp. Yeah but my outfit looks better with sheathed weapons >.>. It's not bad at all, it's a good idea, as long as it's optional.