heres my opinion on for
stage 7 Ignorance: this stage is after players decide to reborn. most "noobs" think that there the"strongest" out there after they reborn and start pking other lower lvs and lower reborns to prove their stronger and start calling much higher reborns noobs cause the fact that they quote beat them doing something. This stage can either get worse or they get to stage eight which i call enlightenment as they lv up. (In my server I know a young girl named neko(heart symbol)mimi and shes one of the strongest, kindest and most experienced players i know and i can vouch for her myself. all lower lv reborns make fun of her for being strong[and she is not cause of all the IM stuff she has but because of her experience and to boot shes lv 150 fire killer.]and its aggravating for her and her true friends.]most noobs in this stage would rather get higher lv and do fun pks even thought they would kill instead of fun pking. This stage will end depending on the maturity of the person or when they get themselves beat hard by someone lower lv than them.

Stage 8 Enlightenment
at this stage the "noob" experiences like the stage says enlightenment and become a true member of wlo gameplay by actually relying on others and realizing where they need to work on themselves and help out others without expecting anything in return just so they can test out their own strategies.

This is my own opinion lol on the next stages you can either agree or disagreeXD and its based on what ive seen i plan to do what balthier did and ask noobs what they would like. I think im stuck in the last one that Balth put up im trying to thrive and lv up even as a lower lv reborn.

I never really gave much thought to pets till now because i didnt know how strong they can get. I have right now a lv 80 hayate and a lv 59 reborn magellan and i myself am a lv 91 killer and i astonish my guild in what i can do solo. (truthfully i can get to the dark roca team on 15 rounds soloing with my magellan and to my guild thats actually pretty good for my lv)My other alts and my Gf may be lower than me but with time anyone can become stronger snf now ill be quiet since i think im rambling. good luck balthier on getting more comments and so far i think all stages are correct and very true. Also youve been doing a great job while Sarin has been away as a admin keep it up :)