A long time ago. That was I think, Season 5 that they started that? They stopped that with Legacy of Romulus expansion. They gained a new tutorial and enough episodes for a full experience to level 50 then.
The ultimate hit the ground running alt is Jem'Hadar currently, as they start at level 60 and come with OK Mk XII purple gear and a T5-U escort. Though, with the Age of Discovery, the 'streamlined' mission journal doesn't have level requirements anymore, along with the ability to skip anything but the starter arc wrapper, so you can do interesting things at low level and even some of the queues/TFOs. I've got my Discovery toon ready to run Sunrise if I decide to progress further. However, some of the older missions were exiled to the Available tab and require level 65 and figuring out what starts what...
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The ultimate hit the ground running alt is Jem'Hadar currently, as they start at level 60 and come with OK Mk XII purple gear and a T5-U escort. Though, with the Age of Discovery, the 'streamlined' mission journal doesn't have level requirements anymore, along with the ability to skip anything but the starter arc wrapper, so you can do interesting things at low level and even some of the queues/TFOs. I've got my Discovery toon ready to run Sunrise if I decide to progress further. However, some of the older missions were exiled to the Available tab and require level 65 and figuring out what starts what...