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Originally Posted by Galacticus [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The thing that is important is getting people to stay here and play.

Maybe we should have a one time pass for every new player to just create a level 40.

They could use that character to farm gear for characters or to power level their friends or to level up and join the server population.

They would still have to level for 10 levels to gear up and learn the class if they don't know it before they would be in range of the main server population.

You could then take out the exp bonus past level 40. We would see way more people playing

This isn't really too bad of an idea if done similar to how Blizzard did the Death Knight class. You can instantly be 40, but only on one class and only if your account has a lvl 40 on Blue or Red, or maybe even Hidden Forest.
That would definitely draw some people from Blue. Starting on a new server on WoW was easy and fun when you can start with a 55 DK. A similar feature would bypass most of the groupless levels and set people up with a toon capable of earning all the pp spells will run you for 44+ spells or for an alt so you aren't praying for a cracked staff off a skelly.

I will probably think of a dozen problems with it in time, but I'd choose this over boxing anyday of the week. Any population increase from it would be new or returning players instead of just boxed alts.