But now, food is a big problem for new players. In the first five to ten minutes, while they figure out how to play, their food bar will almost completely deplete, and corn just isn't gonna fill it fast enough. We lose too many people that way.
It's like survival of the fitest, The people who really want to survie will do. They'll use alchemy to turn monster parts into gold, and sell those to the NPCs. Using the money to buy food. It's quite simple really. But it won't work if your lazy and just want it given to you.
How are new people supposed to get alchemy (for non-alchemists) and a cauldron? And there isn't too much food to buy in shops, and MMT isn't always open. Make it so that new players won't leave in frustration over starvation.