Well its up to the players indeed then to change their ATTITUDE about WoE or about gearing themselves up to do awesome shit.
Granted I cried about being unable to get stuff myself before too, but then I figured out what I just said above, and I started to farm Kiel Dungeon 1 when it first came out. I could kill Alizas with my sage at that time and made a fortune from Aliza dolls and Morpheus Shawls. Granted they were worth a lot more back then but players even now and days could get a lot of money starting out with mage classes out there.
But that's where I started accumulating a fortune and actually understanding how to get myself a foothold into the server's economy.