I'm the guy that's logging in from Asia.

The things you say make sense, Drachen, but spoken fom the perspective of a vet. Sure, most noobs would get the hang of it just fine, but not everyone does.

I too think MC5 is a waste of time really, the place is boring and gives you a totally wrong impression. On very rare occasions there would be someone else in the area, apart from that its mostly deserted. sure, you can do a mission there, there are traders at some remote spot, but on the whole it's pretty desolate and boring. I know because i started 2 months ago, and raised some alts of course.

Oh by the way, I do have my res/con/rep/poke chars, and i log them whenever people need them regardless of what I'm doing. No charge for low level chars, assuming they're new to the game.