Seriously.... I have a mule alt, I log her in for 2 mins max at a time to grab things from FC bank to put onto her retainers. I never bothered to turn off her leaf, cuz seriously, 2 minutes once every two weeks or so... who would have thought. Today, I got invited and thrown into the Novice Network by someone who happened to be standing next to me when I logged in.

That REALLY needs to pop up a window explaining Novice Network and ASKING if the player actually wants to join it. I can't believe this wasn't an option at the beginning, or that it hasn't been changed yet. At the very least, in all the chat window spam that happens when you get put into the channel without your permission, you could include a way to remove yourself and how to avoid being added back in the future.

Seriously.... no one likes being forced into situations they know nothing about without so much as a "Hey, this is a really neat thing you might want to try because you're new, Do you want to give it a try?"