It's working.

I just blew an hour teaching a wood-elf ranger Outlander wannabe how to regear... and right at the end he parks it just outside his guild and gets killed by a warrior who MISSED bashes. I was annoyed when my return potion got picked out of said ranger's corpse.

Ahhh, newbies... someday they'll figure out how to process all the information as well as we do. Till then they'll continue to do stupid shit like refuse to grab an armload of barterables for their practice, or not re-wield their weapons when disarmed...

I'm just saying they're trickling in slowly but surely. and making my ranking a pain in the ass every time I take pity ont hem in the process no matter how profusely they thank me.