If you want to make enemies, try to change something.
I'd actually prefer some smaller wooden hut to be constructed from wood, but several things need to happen before that could be a possibility.Players won't ever start with a tent though.
I don't think the whole 'struggle to get a tent' teaches new players anything other than 'you're fucked if you don't have a tent'. I think it will/has put a lot of players off as they spend their first few hours hunting and trying to get some gear together, and then someone randomly mows them down. They learn nothing from this, as there's no safe place to hide their gear. That's all I got.