I'd like to see an optional survey for new players to take, this survey should
ask some questions about how they found the game, who/what here really helped
them get into the game, and who/what they felt thought hindered their ability
to get started. If it's a levelquest to do the survey, most will fill it
out...we could probably toss the answers of anybody created over 6 months
previously or such...

This seems like it would give us a sense of where to focus our effort on
advertising, and where to focus in the game. If a wizard doesnt want to read
through them, perhaps even helpers could be in charge of it...even if there
are freeform answers, a reader can get a non-scientific sense of what comes up
more than other things.