Improve the starting gear of the new players (yet more benefits to keep them)

[Deus Immortalis]

sure thing, chap.

Well... I was only looking to get rid of the 2hander and the mail shirt since those don't fit for a peasant build. My point still stands

[Morris]

yeah great idea, create even more minmaxing cookie cutters who cant do shit without their +3s

[Rando]

Wipe the database, then everyone starts at 0 and new players have a reason to stick around.

I don't know what makes you think the game won't return to being a seemingly ultra-hostile gear imbalanced rapefest to newbies after a week of players playing & saving up gold. Even if the advantage of loompoints is gone the new players won't know that. The best option for everyone right now is improving starting gold and adding better automated information (MOTDs, visible links on the website) for them so that vets don't have to explain everything from square one to every new player they happen to sight.

[Deus Immortalis]

Looms are possibly the worst things about this mod. Not only is there a grind for money and levels, there's also a grind for looms.

I start to see why Mercs is so popular - the only advantage old players have is better gear, and that can be acquired relatively fast. No levels, no +3 items.
Then again Mercs is full of Noobs

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Which means I'd fit right in

[Yeldur]

Looms are possibly the worst things about this mod. Not only is there a grind for money and levels, there's also a grind for looms.

I start to see why Mercs is so popular - the only advantage old players have is better gear, and that can be acquired relatively fast. No levels, no +3 items.
Then again Mercs is full of Noobs

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Which means I'd fit right in

The grind for looms is alongside the grind for levels and gold, as in order to gain looms you need to level up, and to level up you need to gain a higher multiplier which also means you're gaining a higher amount of gold. They all work simultaneously.