If the plot relevant portions of events are largely inaccessible to new players (an issue that is not new and has been present since at least the April TDM), I really don't think the solution is to shoot yourselves in the feet by deciding to just not have new players. A better approach is figuring out why the prompts are hard to jump into, and reworking the way they're worded in order to make them more accessible to new and old alike.

I really feel like shutting out apps for the entire rest of the year is just going to ward everyone off and ultimately kill the game.