How to Get more New Players?

[Gadwen]

Not too long ago a friend and I decided to install the original Diablo and play some multiplayer on battle.net. We had a blast for a few hours, until some guy joined our server, decided to be "helpful" and dropped all sorts of amazing gear for us to take. The excitement lasted for about 5 minutes, and then we both said almost simultaneously "this just isn't fun anymore". That sweet gear ruined half the point of the game.

If you want to help low level players the best thing to do is just be friendly. Give them some buffs, offer to BUY those bone chips or bat wings or Shiny Brass Shield. Sure it may still be charity on your end, but at least the player feels like they accomplished something, and that's the strongest quality EQ has to offer. Too many handouts can take away from that feeling of accomplishment, and without that you might as well be playing one of the many other garbage MMOs on the market.