So the subway Ofab weapons were clearly meant to be utilized by low-level toons as solid leveling weapons. That's great; brilliant, even, that Michi's looking at the NPE as a whole and not just Arete.
That said, I think leaving the LE requirement on the Ofab weapons is a mistake. Yes, yes, I know, Ofab in general is an LE feature and we all had to pay for it in the past to get Ofab at every level, yadda yadda. But these things drop in a *froob* dungeon, are excellent leveling weapons for new players, and yet they can't be used by the very demographic they're aimed at. I had a froob tell me he sold two backpacks full of Ofab weapons because he couldn't use them. That's a shame, because it's these new froob players that may eventually become paid players and save Anarchy Online.
My 2c.