I even lived there during the initial goonrush and although it was pretty hectic with people running everywhere, I didn't get griefed, they didn't chop down my trees, or steel my gear or anything.
I had no wall and no claim, people are just generally pretty respectful.
Also, if there was a large community right there then your stuff would probably be safer because there'd be more eyes on the noob spawn.
sami1337 wrote:Next map they will try to get some sort of RoB claim so you can't build directly next to the RoB.
Not necessarily, they might just allow villages to open up their idols for public spawning, which escapes the whole problem. Regardless, I'm sure whatever radius they use for the effect we can just build on the edge of.