Well, first off. If I power through the low ranks. Its because I feel my combo is weak, compared to other in pk foes. As, in. I'm a shifter, or a sub conjuration conjurer, a paladin, a thief, a bard.

Otherwise I'm pretty content to just enjoy the character as it goes.
But a few things that would make me slower to power rank.

Just.. a little more gold. Seriously. (That is, gold I can gather without the server having crashed recently)

Faster, but still shaman/druid/ranger/necro effected movement regen.
Seriously nothing kills my lowbie char more than running out of movement as I move between cities, or ranking areas.