I've been using the steam tools version of the dedicated server and it is set to the experiential build. I have everything configured and ready to run. I've hosted servers in the past and never had this happen.
Every time I attempt to start the server it gives me several prompts (like normal)...
So I think I have liked a lot of the direction of things personally speaking. Death is not a thing to be taken lightly and isn't something you can do to weasel out of the survival elements. I have had a problem though in the early game before reaching mid. Food is really rough to get.
Now you...