But when you as a lowbie get some decent, not even great, but decent gear and then the game crashes before you reach level 11 to keep it... Well that ####ing blows. Especially when you rp/pay said things. I understand you don't want hoarders at low levels, but is there any way to have this not effected by crashes? I'm not worse off than I was before I was able to a couple things and it sucks that it's because of the game crashing...

Solution: keep your crappy non-limited gear until you hit level 11. If you come into something better, leave it on the ground somewhere obscure (if you plan to immediately rank into PK range), sell it for gold, or barter it for "better" non-limited gear.

Yeah, I was about 400 exp tnl to 11...

I saw some stuff on the ground few days ago that would have been great for a hero character...sold it for a few 10 gold. That's fun for a lowbie!