Why are there not lowbie raids? Yes I know we can run Tempest Spine at level 6 or 7 or whatever. But at the time it came out TS was THE raid. Introducing raids at lower levels in the game may provide several interesting dynamics:
* Newbies get to learn about why teamwork is important at lower levels (in other words earlier in their DDO careers) ... and the lack of a teamwork mentality is the biggest reason every DDO veteran I know hates to group with newbs / puggers.
* Targeting a raid development for low level toons won't detract from high end content since there will be an epic setting. If Turbine runs with this idea and does NOT introduce an epic setting for every new raid, they are not fully buying into my suggestion.
* Usually the best gear in the game drops out of raids, lower level raids let folks newer to the game obtain gear that allows them to compete on a more even keel with veterans since they might have some raid gear that is superior to the Maelstrom and/or +1 rr keen rapier of puncturing that we veterans hand around to all our new toons (twinking).