Oh I understand fully the reasoning behind it and like the other "old timer" it's a welcome change to see something going in, I often create a char and mess around with some low level content, try to forget that I know the basic end game stuff already, but trying to act like a newbie (before you all jump, I know i don't have to act much) you either get alot of crap from old time players or ignored, and when you do get the helpful assistance it's usually a prod in the direction of the old styles of play. What really needs to happen, which might really just be a flaw with people is teamplay to get stuff rolling properly, and also extending the time period that these new items are usefull instead of just a couple of days.

The relative ease of moving up to the basic low end of the end game Pax, Sputty etc... truely does kill the lowend off a little.