When someone rolls a character and selects that they are new to the MUD; have some way of OTHER people being able to identify this. Their name on the 'who' doesn't need to be in a different colour or anything, maybe something subtle that us veterans can use like 'who firsttimer' so we can go easy on them and go out of our usual way to help them.

I know what you're thinking. Veterans may abuse this to get help from people. But the pros outweigh the cons. Imagine a first time player getting lost doing loops around the park in Galadon and then getting approached and helped by several veterans. Lasting impression I'd say.

If I am bored; which I am SEVERAL times each session, I'd look for a new player to go teach. And on a scale of 0 to Nepenthe, I'd be at least an 8 in knowledge.