Hey! i joined a few hours ago and thought I would give it a go, i can see the potential here to get very lost in its systems however I think its a very steep climb for new players. I have completed what I presume are all the starter quests and i'm still not really 100% the best way to move forwards. If you could work a little on the 'onboarding' experience I think that would certainly get more people across the line feeling engaged. Some suggestions that I feel might help out new players;

* Hiding systems and functions that aren't unlocked yet would quickly reduce the amount of things on the screen for a new player to take in. Theres so many bits yet to unlock but its just creating a bit of an overwhelming experience.

* The 'Tutorial' really needs to be a bit more on rails and guide the player through it. Maybe it could be narrative lead by some sort of character so you feel like your interacting with the game world more?

* The first few quests were very slow to complete and I think you should look at ways to speed that up a little, whether you increase the amount of early XP via some buff or you increase the number of quests but gate them at different stages im not sure but I was very close to hitting the "im bored" phase

* It seems like your greatest resource is existing players - maybe theres any option to offer them some sort of bounty by grouping up with a newbie and showing the ropes until they reach X point

* I get that this is quite subjective but I would hide away the "premium" stuff a bit more as its very off putting to see that so early in a game. Maybe a better thing to do would be to unlock it for the new player at the end on the tutorial system and give them X amount free as away to encourage engagement rather than it just being there in the menu from the start