However, I am frankly very skeptical that there is a significant number of new players who are at all interested in these classes, whose purpose is essentially "sit in one region pushing a button until the stats read 100/100/100, then move to another region and do the same thing." Moreover, that is absolutely not what we want new players to think the game is meant to be about.
I'm really glad that the restrictions was there when I first joined the game. The core of the battlemaster experience remains the warrior character. If I had started as a Courtier or Trader I would probably have found the game boring. It's only later, when you understand more the culture of a realm or religion or island, that you can play these characters in an interesting manner.
But I've been playing for years now. It seems weird that if I want to create a new trader character, I must first have the character go through a warrior phase. I know what a trader is, I'm not going to be surprised.
