Quote Originally Posted by Llana_Virren View Post
Logic error. "Returning players or those making mules" learned the lesson based on the current system; they didn't automatically know. There's no difference to new players, except new players now have a gross amount of information available to them (that we didn't have in 2002); so they should be more prepared to make that decision than experienced players were.
That entire paragraph is one gaping logic error, at two fronts. First, when a new player makes their character they don't read everything their is to know about it but proceed to make it based on their preference, and even if they do, it's misleading because they get the wrong impression about stats. Newbies think STR or VIT matters a lot, or that having much MP is essential for mages, so they make their decisions based on misconceptions.

Second, what does it matter that they're more prepared now than returning players were when they first started? He mentioned new players now versus returning players now, and since we live in the now and not in the past, that's the only relevant scenario.