So, it's been a long time since I started the game... just a few thoughts about what it was like yesterday.
It's hard for me to "forget" things I learned before reset, of course, but I thought the opening seemed to introduce things well and point the user to things they should clue into.
This might be a function of alpha time, but I thought I was getting quests too fast and furiously. As a seasoned player, I kind of appreciated that, because I decided to ignore some of them and pick the ones that meshed with other goals. (E.g., I wanted to get a house ASAP, so I deferred buying a bag. Though, come to think of it, I did not check the reward structure for buying a bag; maybe it sort of pays for itself.)
But. Overload there. There were too many quests early on.
I also think the whole Bureaucratic Hall experience is confusing, and that it would be hard to navigate it without the help channel or experience. (Yes, that intersects with the joke of "bureaucracy", but perhaps too much.) Is there any in-game mechanism short of the help channel that would help a new player find where the Bureaucratic Hall is? I know we walked by it at the beginning, but a new player will not remember that. Maybe the thing is that it doesn't appear on the map, and it should. I also think I walked in there early in the game and couldn't do anything, but it wasn't clear WHY... though possibly I am misremembering that and I was given some information. But I think I just decided to go away on my own and come back later.