Lunarius_Haberdash wrote:No, I actually helped people get into the game and taught them how to play. Got them set up with basic equipment and introduced them to the other people in my community.
I used Charter Stones in the way I imagined they were intended.
When I first tried out charterstones (was somewhere around world 5) they pretty much sucked. I spawned in a rather desolace place that seemed abandoned. The area only held lots of remains of former newbies and otherwise clean-picked surroundings. I didn't really know what to expect when I used the charterstone spawn option but I more or less thought there would be people around to talk to. Instead I ended up in a wasteland. Then I tried out the next charterstone location and it was a walled in area where you couldn't even get out. Seemed like a raided place too but maybe it was just a place to deliberately troll new players.
I know charterstones aren't really a thing anymore (and don't seem to be in for a comeback) but if they get any reconsideration at all then new players should at least get an explanation what charterstones are about. And better yet: a proper warning that you will most likely end up in a fucked up place if you take that option.
It's probaby a cool feature if people use it to introduce new players to the game and having them join their community, like it would seem you did, but the feature didn't really work out so well in the past.