I know progression is good, and that's namely why I approved of the character limits changes that favored the older players back in the days.
But perhaps the progression just needs to be rethinking. Most realms spend most of the time at peace. Even warrior realms usually need time to rebuild and prepare between wars. And that's not to mention the overwhelming majority of realm who tend to consider wars immoral and would scarcely ever want to start one on their own.
My biggest issue with the way things are right now is that, unless your realm fights a lot, and you choose to be an active troop leader in it, and your army happens to be one of those who see a lot of action, there is absolutely no way to evolve past those restrictions. The only non-combat means to increase H/P are unavailable to those with little H/P.
This much, I agree with—that is, that there does need to be more to do in peacetime. However, I'm also working hard to make it more feasible for realms to spend more of their time at war.
I'd really like to see suggestions of something different to allow this progression, though, not just "let everybody do everything possible from the very beginning".
And where's the progression in being able to do... police work? Woohoo? Is that really a "reward"? Is that "progression"?
No. That's a newbie protection, and I'm pretty sure I remember when it first came in. To be honest, I don't know if it's as much necessary today, since I, at least, haven't seen the kinds of abuses that were common back before 2007-ish, with realms routinely forcing new players (sometimes new characters, but I can recall instances of realms with these policies giving a pass to characters of players they already knew were good) to do scut work for weeks or months—region maintenance detail, chasing down monster and undead groups, etc.
