[Guide] How To Keep Players (and their money)

This is true, SOE has done a great job of keeping new players on an even playing field with more experienced ones (well, when outside of vehicles at least). But these players not being able to compete is not my concern, this system is designed to dangle that carrot in front of their faces early on the keep them going, to give them a feeling of progression and achievement. No, this would not hurt SOE's profits, in fact it would be good for their business because they would have more happy new players sticking around.