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I feel the same way! I get almost one-shotted in dueling because of my bad gear. When I was a fourth year, a first year beat me just because of the gear they wore.
I think that newcomers shouldn't be able to see house points becase they see that Raven is winning by almost 2k points, and I feel like this makes some newcomers try to get into Raven instead of answering honestly.