Living as a hermit, I was really excited to finally have finished my own mine. And I was lucky enough to be right next to some tin nodes (no iron yet but it was a start). Things were going great! This was actually the farthest I've gotten solo in any haven world. I've been playing for quite a few years now. But unfortunately, I'm still a complete noob. I didn't claim my mine. So, naturally, someone else came in and claimed it, destroying the palisade I had freshly built around the ladder.
Sigh, I made a rookie mistake, and now I'm exposed.
Thing is, the person who did it left a piece of really high quality ore behind, much higher than I could ever obtain on my own, so I know it's not some new player trying to steal my stuff. It's someone who is a much higher skilled player than me, who probably has access to really high quality shit already. Why do people have to do this? I would have gladly shared access, given a key, etc. But instead whoever did it has to act like a total dickhead.
I guess I'll be looking for somewhere else to live now.
Thanks, asshole.
and thanks, pea-brain for not remembering to claim your own mine.