I've got a level 11 (almost 12) pally on Morden Rasp, and the giant sylvan bats just don't spawn. I'm pretty proud of myself though, since I've made it this far with only my stitched burlap tunic and stitched burlap leggings. I do have the newbie boots, helmet, bracers and gauntlets. The rest of my gear. You don't want to know.
Actually, not quite true. The Qeynos newbie paladin armors are diety restricted. Guess they felt it was necessary with two different priest guilds in one city.
the giant sylvan bats are almost non existant on Bristlebane server so getting the 5 bat furs i need to finish my newb armor is going to take as long as it takes verant to fix their crap. I guess i will have to play my other chars in the mean time