Someone called for a noob?
While there seem to be a few new players that may not have much general MMO knowledge/experience, I think the first thing newcomers to Serbule do is find an NPC to unload their inventory on... Asking whether there is a vendor on Anagoge is pretty common, as is "How do I get back to the island to get all my stuff out of that chest?"
Marna's Used tab shows evidence of this as well, and then we get the questions about weekly spending limits and people learn to increase favor and spread their loot out among appropriate vendors. The game already provides hints in this regard, but just as they are already familiar with the concept of stockpiling money, they are used to not reading what NPCs say
I may be guilty of not getting a hint myself, but it seems like the NPC Work Order Board requires someone to just stumble upon it, way out north of town, and that's a great way to earn some money if you are willing to learn the crafting skills required. I did this for a while, and didn't mind having to learn some carpentry, gardening and cooking to earn some cash, and it didn't take long to understand how the rotation works.
While the game's lack of "hand-holding" is admirable, the community generally steps in to thoroughly explain to those that ask a question in Global that they should focus more on favor and less on cash at first, how vendors and storage work, how to get back to the island, how to find the More Info tab on items, where to look for stuff they need, how to access the wiki.... part of me thinks the game is still holding hands, but since its the community doing it, I suppose that community-building is the point of the game not providing that information
In my case, once the Work Orders I could easily fill ran out, I was pretty close to being able to farm cotton, so I grew enough flowers to get there so I could start filling Player Work Orders to make cash... By far my first level 50 skill was foraging, followed by gardening, so I realize I don't play like most people I suppose, but I haven't had a huge problem finding ways to make money so far
The thought of farming up a several million councils though... Sheesh
@Escwine and I are probably going to start setting up a store on the weekends though, so I've been stockpiling some valuable stuff and we may turn a fair profit that way... I'm sure as I progress into Kur and Rahu other sources of councils will become available as well
TL;DR - So far so good for this noob