To be honest, that newbie stuff was just neat cause it gave you a armor graphic that was colored based on class and armor type. Level 10 warriors could have full plate that they earned themselves. It also gave you an incentive to stay in your starting area... Something P99ers are EXTREMELY unclassic in. Level 2 Iksars exping in East Commons. Stop it, it's ruining my immersion
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It gave like 2 WIS and 1 STA... That's it. They later upgraded it to be much more ridiculous.
But in its first implementation it was a fantastic addition to the game that really embodied the purpose of the game. NPC gives you a quest. You kill monsters and collect items. You get rewarded for completing the quest.
Really should've been in at the start IMO.