User blog comment:DE-Note/The World of Remnant (RWBY MMO)/@comment-10380701-20150920234908/@comment-10380701-20150921041216

That kinda works to level the playing field actually. Another way to do it is to set everyone to the level where most of your mandatory skills are unlocked, like say, level 50.

This way, even the newbies can get a taste of what's to come. They're still gonna get wrecked if they don't get gud tho.