Went into Adder's Nest last night and targetted a character instead of talking to the Quartermaster. I saw that he was a level 23 Lancer but he had a level 14 weapon! I don't know why, but I changed to Carpenter, made a HQ Iron Guisarme, and gave him the spear.
He was really appreciative of the gesture and I felt pretty good helping out a fellow player for hardly any cost to myself.
Anyone else ever do this for random players?