What I'm about to type is based on a gut feeling, and no real information to back it up as I have not found any. If this game is like EQ original where the average player would take months to get to level cap, and you gimp your character, having to start completely over to ungimp it, it would be... discouraging. What if the devs change things that completely invalidate your choices. You're stuck with a gimp character? I sure hope not. This requires careful consideration. I realize some of the folks want this game to bring the sort of pain one might feel if one were to smash ones nuts on a log with a hammer, but I am not one of those persons.