Originally Posted by
BroadCastle
Thanks for such a thread (just you might have chosen a different name for it). No matter how many times was this already discussed - it's always good to bring back these inspirational toppics. I'm used to do what you suggest since I realized I had more items/golds than I actually needed, and I can only hope that some members of the huge community of rich players may get inspired by this.
Eventhough it may look like that PL player basis only consist of merchants and old veterans flood by their richness, I believe it's not true. Whoever has such an impression, you guys do search for some random AO/Frozen/skelles games and I'm sure you meet the new peeps digging their way up. Important fact on this is, that you meet more asuspicious new players in dungeons, rather than in townes. And it's also a good way to filter skilled crooks pretending to be new players.
Sometimes I do enjoy running some maps with these guys, which I'd never happen to join myself. And as Booked mentioned, there is a good oportunity to teach them some game principles, tactics and mechanisms, as well as some basic knowledge about item values etc. For sure, It's not everyones cup of tea, but I definitely find it entertaining when I meet a good listener (apprentice), not to mention the feeling of good deed and well spent time.
Regarding Mager's quote, I can't disprove what CrimsonTider wrote. It's for sure that you can't make the game grow just by being kind and helpful to new players. But on the other hand, I believe it helps to keep it alive, and even if this effort was not worth much, it's simply nice to do so. And for me, it's one of the last few enjoyable things in PL.
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