i live in a relatively deserted area, not many claims dotting the place and I suspect a majority of them are abandoned. i've only seen two people, one seems friendly enough, one's character died, and the other ignored me. i'm challenging myself by doing zero looting, even from abandoned claims, and doing everything on my own, hench the hermit part, but...its a bit lonely. i'm looking for fellow hermits who'd like to live near me. we could trade goods and services and perhaps share hard to find things, like if one us is lucky enough to grab an unclaimed cave. also, since i'm a hermit i don't need huge amounts of food so any cow or sheep herds i find can be shared.
SO. if anyone's interested, just send me a pm.