Since renewal, pre-third class leveling is much easier.
Nowadays, I see people join the game for the first time ever and hit 99 within weeks.
These people have no idea how to play. Some are unaware of transing and its benefits. To me, it seems anybody who joins would just have a load of different features thrown at them rather than a sequence of experiences and events in which they learned the game.
So many noobs that are third class it's rediculous.
This is making it hard for anybody new to join the game, and there has been a lot of these people in the last few months.