Newbie help

I'd like to see the newbie chat extended to about level 15. We've got some newbs lately that I've been helping that could use it.

And, I'd like to see all chars at whatever level they lose newbie chat automatically become members of the academy if they weren't already a member of another clan. It would be useful for them to have a way to get help from more experienced players. I could have used both resources when I started playing long ago.

would kinda kill hopes for joining a clan in the future or starting one.

Can you not pay another clan to take you in. I know you can if say you join hope and want to change to battle, all you do is pay the gold and in your are. Never been part of the academy.

Extending the newbie chat to 15 is probably a good idea, since you still have to have your description done by that time.