I see both sides of it. New guy turns up to the server, sees L5 bards running around in full cultural/singing steel etc...and feels like he's months if not years away from getting that gear.
Entry level items like dragoon dirks are priced at 50-75pp...well that's a lot of money to someone who just started.
On the flipside, there's the players out there that expect too much help. I mentioned in this thread (I think, if not one similar recently) that I had a guy in the early teens send me a tell asking if I'd 96% rez him while I was sat in EC. Someone pointed out that instead of spending time sending tells that he'd probably be able to make up the lost XP in about 5-10 minutes.
I had help when I got here, so I like to help out. I guess not everyone was so lucky, grinded everything out themselves, and feel like everyone else should do the same.
Whichever category you fall into, try not to look at the big picture too much... enjoy the experience of playing old school EQ again, gear up as you go, and chances are you'll have a little help from one of those twinks in terms of gearing
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TL;DR - new players should stay positive and try and enjoy the game for what it is. Don't expect an abundance of help but at the same time realise to yourself that you won't be that naked L1 with a wooden sword forever
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