when you just join the game, you start with nothing, although everyone has had to work their way up, i don't think this is efficient in regards to retaining new players. so i suggest we give new players a basic armor kit, a free roll on each chest and 1000 bronze.
(push this combined with the soon coming tutorial system explaining how everything works.
the tutorial would show the essentials and the player will have what's needed for finishing the tutorial)
The problem is that this will speed up their K3 progresses, it should be slow by nature, otherwise they'll get free money in just a few days. It's a nice idea but the game is still underdeveloped to give out free items
what i'm suggesting is obtainable for a new player in 4 hours if they know where to click what, so it's not going to speed it up by that much.. the armor doesnt need to be good armor either, just a level 1 set would suffice.
I think it will encourage new players
They do start out with access to bronze, though, as well as the other core resources. It does take longer for their businesses to generate appreciable amounts, but it is already provided. And after a short while, they'll be able to open armory chests and obtain that level 1 gear.