Sure, it seems snobbish. But consider what I've faced when I DID take someone along:
I take someone in party (too low lvl even for support) to c1. (No pkers on that day, so things were comfy). We go into a side room and I start arrowstorming the creeps. About 15 minutes later I was being called to dinner, so I told the noob in party chat that I had to go, would return later.
Next moment- *poof* he's tped, left the party and gone. Not even a thankyou or a see u later, let alone saying hi to me the next time.
Now if this is how you're gonna behave, why the hell should I waste my time levelling you up?? I've been thinking about the high lvl friends I made when I was in the 50s.
Dragonmage (who doesn't play much now
) and Bloodraven, both at the time around 20 lvls higher than me.Darksoul
:We used to pull each others leg a lot. Now he tries to give me a tap with his tuath when he sees me, and I holy whisper his *censored* in return 
)Ankeetsinha-we first met when I was lvl 6 or something and he was 40-he's helped me lots of times since then, and im in his KH now.
Dontkillme or DKM-High lvl archer who I used to ask questions abt skills and scrolls.
Blood and I are still great pals now-I've closed the gap to around 10 levels now, and we don't party anymore, but we still recall the fun chatting and standing around in R3.
Why? Because I didn't just go and ask to be leeched! You have to make FRIENDs.
Understand that. This is a social sort of game...similar rules apply as do in real life with regards to other people!
You don't run upto someone on the road and beg for money..at least I don't expect A3 players to be in such dire straits.
Every noob that says hi to me-almost immediately says one of the following (my responses in braces):
'Where are u going'? (Wtf is it ur business where Im goin, u leech? I respond 'to the green door in s4'
)'Can u leech me plzzz' (NO)
'I need 50k plzz' ('Go hunt u lousy bugger!')
I don't even bother replying. Sometimes I cut them off by saying 'No Im not gonna leech u or give u money' and then they push off. It's VERY rare that a low lvl char wanted to talk about something other than the above statements
The ones that I DO enjoy helping out-are the ones who at least tried to make conversation. Ask something about the game. Ask about quests. Where to find a scroll. Bottomline-show that you're interested in learning about the game and finding out things on your own rather than be spoonfed.
And if you think this sounds snobbish-consider that many of the people who started the game in the early stages had NOBODY to leech them or tell them anything..all had to explore the game on their own!
Make good conversation, talk about the game or other interests. It's like any other social situation. You will become popular and that helps u as well as others!
