First of all, thank you for posting about your experience as a new player. Second, about the academy and player killing, I personally am not a fan of allowing player killing at a lower rank. You’re right in saying a new person needs time to become acquainted with the game and its commands before they’re tossed out into PK. That being said, I think the solution would be to further educate a new player about PK without them actually having to participate in it. This is something that is being thought out as further revisions of the academy go into play. Things like understanding lag or saves will be further explained, and I believe that will give a new person a better understanding of the mechanics that are involved in a lot of PKs rather than them simply having to look through various help files.

Z