I feel like you are totally misinterpreting what everyone is saying...? The game absolutely accepts and welcomes new players, and in fact puts a priority on new player applications getting in faster than seconds and thirds for current characters.

There is no obligation for the very nature of the game to change to let people in faster. That's basically what the discussions are coming down to, anyway--how can it stay the game that people love playing in with the current things that make it a game people love to play in, while trying to adjust things for game size and speed of apping. Nobody's slapping anybody in the face; we are trying to find a way to balance what makes this game functional and unique with the fact that there is so much interest that the app rate is higher than the drop rate. That's all.