If I see a level 1 to 5 running around killing mobs, I almost always stop and give 20pp or some FS weapons etc. I dont think new players are looking for hand outs, but more of a handup. In real life I am very much against helping/enabling people into laziness i.e giving a man a fish vs teaching him to fish - I view EQ in the same light. I have at times given players hundreds of PP worth of items (maybe even 1k) just cause I thought that would help, but I never see those players online anymore. Now I dont think thats what caused them not to play, but it cerntainly didnt do much to keep them playing.
The flip side is, when someone shouts or /ooc "can anyone spare a weapon or armor or some PP" i have to put my pride aside and just help them out. Really, after level 30 who cant spare 20pp?
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