There are "noob" items you can still get from crafting or the west dugeon. This works for the noobs to level enough at t-rexes with a craftable bow and get a couple dias. There's also mining where you can get dias. Those people that worked hard to get their items are going to be pissed off, it will create much more problems if all these noobs suddently found an uber item.
If for some wierd reason this does happen staff would have to make it so whoever did most damage or killed the monster gets the item so people with high speed wouldn't steal from the noobs.