As the title reads, the devs make a list of questions for new accounts that can be opened and answered after a few hours of gameplay.
Examples:
What are you enjoying so far?
What are your goals/aspirations for furthering your progression?
What would you like to see more of?
With another small "comments" box which can take in about 140 or so characters.
Perhaps by completing these small surveys a new player could receive some form of compensation from the mail man. A small package of early crafted clothing perhaps (as an example)
This would give the devs some feedback from non-forum users and will give more first-impressions from new players.