Speaking as a relative newbie here, a little helping hand here or there is welcome. I think aid falls disproportionately on people running around in EC just because that's where the wealth concentrates. I've met some very generous players in the last few months and I've tried to pass it along where I can.
I think time and information are often the best things one can give and even back on Live when I was capable of handing out much more, I often hesitated. As mentioned earlier in the thread, some of my best in-game memories are related to struggle and hardship. When a friend and I first started digging into this game, we realized there was money in greater lightstones but we had no magic weapons. He played a bard and I had a warrior. We went all out to kill them one at a time with me taunting like a madman (ineffectually) so he could burn them down with his dot song. He was so proud when he was able to afford a gnollhide lariat. It would have been a lot easier to have been presented with something but it probably wouldn't be as memorable.
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