I concur, Freek. It makes it so villages and such are also much easier to find and ruins the experience for anybody wanting to have fun.
Also, I think some items should be artificially added into the game, such as Mycelium, which would be 100% unobtainable in a world without a mushroom island. Some various items may be given as well if needed, perhaps a public end portal of sorts, so farming of ender pearls and XP can take place. But I also think that the Ender Dragon, if this does happen, should be taken down as a group so it's not just the first person who happens to be on can kill it. Get a time that everybody can collect, like a month in, and kill the dragon and start the farm then. Just so nobody gets a massive advantage. One dragon kill = 120+ XPL and that's a full suit of armor level 30. Not cool if you steal that.
