(yes this is my first post)

SO your new to game and level 20. Yup you won't be getting into any good guilds, because they don;t allow new people. Wanna do epics? sorry no your not in a good guild so we don't think your good enough for our PUG. Oh you have never done an epic yet? Nope sorry we cannot take you then. This guild only takes in people who have done all epics and all raids.....blah bloody freakin blah.

Your new guild renown system has created a virtual wall for the "cool kids". They now have a reason to form wicked cliques where new people have no chance at surviving anywhere in this game. Shame on you Turbine for your guild renown.

As a fromer player of Star War Galaxies, Vanguard, Tabula Rasa, World of Warcraft, City of Hereos, EverQuest, and many many other games, as well as a game programmer myself, shame on you.

You have created a place where new people suffer at the expense of the old players, who see no room for new people because as a rule new people don't know the game. Welcome to a time period where a game that forces guilds too late and in fact begind to deter new players and thus buries itself in the downfall of its own game.

(golf claps)

and yes I did play this game during beta, don't let start time fool you.