Are we hindering newcomers with our generosity?

[Sonderbeast]

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[kotton05]

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[Daloon]

It is true to an extent.. You feel less attached with given things you did not earn.

But I don't want to sit in EC selling junk less than 1k, so Id rather give most of it away.

[Bboboo]

random handouts are cool

begging for tunnel buffs just puts you in the burdensome category imo

[d3r14k]

Low/Mid range gear is probably the best to give to a newbie. Things like Iksar Scaled Gloves and maybe a CoM weapon like Green Jade Broadsword are great because it essentially triples your effectiveness while giving you the opportunity to upgrade in 30 or so levels.

[fadetree]

Depends on the player. If they want to race to 60, then gifts are great. If they want to fight adversity and be self-made characters, then they will almost always still like and accept gifts but it does rob them of some of the game experience they wanted.

[Arakash]

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Depends on the player. If they want to race to 60, then gifts are great. If they want to fight adversity and be self-made characters, then they will almost always still like and accept gifts but it does rob them of some of the game experience they wanted.

Being a relatively new player (been playing off and on for less than a year) and a perpetual lowbie, I agree with Fadetree's quote.

I have no desire to rush through the low or mid levels which, in my opinion, can be quite challenging in level appropriate gear and buffs. Yet, I am offered gear, and sometimes very nice gear, quite often. I am stealth buffed constantly (which can be a little annoying). I'm always grateful and personally (me the player behind the keyboard) am happy to be a part of such a welcoming atmosphere. But I'd rather earn my way and experience the content as it was meant to be experienced. Which, I think, is what p99 is all about. If I wanted to blow through content to kill dragons, I'd go to live. I play a little more hard mode than ALS, as I only use gear from mobs I or my group killed and from quests I completed. Some people understand that when I occasionally mention it and some don't.

Still, I mostly keep the gear given to me (some folks can be quite adamant that I do so) and give it away to other lowbies. And I click off the high level buffs and go my merry way. I have a warrior (who is leveling up slowly but surely) and a necro, so these classes offset each other in my self-imposed game style.

Overall I think it's great folks wanting to help out. But, I do get a little confused as to why some folks coming to p99 seem to want to level so quickly and easily.