QGH
In the interest of retaining new players and combating the stupid LP inflation I hereby suggest giving everybody (especially new accounts) 15 looms or somewhere around this number. Not that this hasn't been suggested before but at this point in CRPG's life I fail to see how implementing this will cause any game-breaking issues.
Giving them to vets prevents them whining about their years of progress, giving them to newbies encourages them to play now that the playing field (in theory) is level and will hopefully devalue things to the point where marketplace interaction is worthwhile. After this then change the reforging process back to 2LP's to promote marketplace trading.
15 is more than enough to have a full set of gear loomed to a competitive standard and will hopefully encourage players looking to start out to either start their own clans or give them the confidence that they can compete with us CRPG die-hard's.
I AM TOTALLY NOT POSTING THIS BECAUSE I WANT TO LOOM SOME DUMB SHIT ;););)
QGT