All you have to do as a noob player ( or casual hermit who want to trade with a village ) is to do some stuff that doesn't require a good Q but need some time.
There are plenty of tasks like this ...
Catching up to specialize in a profession to play in a village can be done in a few weeks even 1 year after the world started with quests ...
That seems pretty reasonable to me ...
The people who complain have no idea / are lazy fuck / want everything right away.
That being said , I'm not against your idea , why not ?
It's just that there isn't a big problem to fix.