We were all new players once before. I never played the mod, so when I started playing the standalone I was pretty lost and didn't really know what to do. Luckily, I had members of my clan walk me through and I used the map on dayzdb.com to help navigate and know what city I'm in. Pretty soon I got the hang of the game and now I can quickly get a fully geared character with plenty of guns and ammo (within 4 hours). Recently, after the update a friend of mine and I came across a couple of bambis who were completely new to the game, so we helped guided them and gave them advice on what to do in game (instead of killing them on sight). I think it's fine how it is, besides a few character killing bugs of course, but those will get fixed in due time.