Quote Originally Posted by Titania40 View Post
In FFXI it also has a 'new player' flag. But it can be disabled at any time, so once you have a handle on the game's systems and mechanics you no longer get branded with that stigma.
This is where you get things wrong. It's not a stigma. We're very fond and protective of our sprouts in this game. We try to preserve their positive experience. We try to be helpful and understanding of mistakes. An occasional bad apple may try to be mean or hard on sprouts, but they will often get a whole lot of hate coming their way for it.

I'm also going to agree with Liam_Harper. I've been playing MMOs for over 20 years. But I was still a sprout and still had things to learn back when I started this particular game in 2014, just like in any of the various MMOs I've played over those years. If you go in thinking you know everything, you will soon discover that you really know nothing.