FormerlyHemlock
Hero
Something I didn't like was the level limits. My friends and I never actually hit the level limits back when we played 2e and I believe most of them just played human, but they didn't seem to make much sense to me. Elves are meant to be masters of magic but we limited in their maximum level unless optional rules were used. Dwarves could become incredibly skilled fighters but would also plateau at 15th level (I think). Not that it became an issue, but I think that I decided fairly early on to remove the level limits.
I believe it existed primarily for world-building reasons--to explain why every threat isn't simply dealt with by a horde of thousand-year-old 50th level elves and dwarves.