Are there any unpopulated areas, anywhere?

[niltrias]

You could try moving to the NW part of the world, I heard that is relatively safe and empty.

As someone living in the NW can I dispel this rumour please.

In fact i'd wager unless your capable of getting a palisade up in 2 days minimum then the north west is not for you. A lot of good peaceful people have been killed up here for no reason at all.

Saying that the NW is safe and empty is like saying that if you pet a bear, they give you candy.

[Lahrmid]

You could try moving to the NW part of the world, I heard that is relatively safe and empty.

As someone living in the NW can I dispel this rumour please.

In fact i'd wager unless your capable of getting a palisade up in 2 days minimum then the north west is not for you. A lot of good peaceful people have been killed up here for no reason at all.

Saying that the NW is safe and empty is like saying that if you pet a bear, they give you candy.

haha
Russian Bears

[Lilburne]

Saying that the NW is safe and empty is like saying that if you pet a bear, they give you candy.

haha
Russian Bears

We have Russians, but its unclear exactly how much they are involved. Had a few bucket griefers with the obligatory Russian runestone (the guy who proclaimed 'this will be a territory of new Russia' then was killed by a bear whilst bucket macro grinding is a personal fave) but the one sizeable group of Russians I met in the North west were standoffish if pleasant and we've experienced no hostility as of yet from them or anyone else (we were some of the first to the area and we got our palisade up in a rush).

Make no mistake however we are the lucky ones, and as survivors in a region who try to make a point of trading/communicating/co-existing with everyone around we get fed a daily diet of scary stories from survivors of raids and when suddenly a group of 3-4 we got on with suddenly have a several day communication black out and we find a settlement full of corpses... well. It paints a picture. I've maybe met 40 people coming into our little area (say 30 mins sail in each direction) by my last estimate maybe 10 people have survived.

I've also heard rumours of an A.D presence in the area.

[parapheen]

We have Russians, but its unclear exactly how much they are involved. Had a few bucket griefers with the obligatory Russian runestone (the guy who proclaimed 'this will be a territory of new Russia' then was killed by a bear whilst bucket macro grinding is a personal fave) but the one sizeable group of Russians I met in the North west were standoffish if pleasant and we've experienced no hostility as of yet from them or anyone else (we were some of the first to the area and we got our palisade up in a rush).

Make no mistake however we are the lucky ones, and as survivors in a region who try to make a point of trading/communicating/co-existing with everyone around we get fed a daily diet of scary stories from survivors of raids and when suddenly a group of 3-4 we got on with suddenly have a several day communication black out and we find a settlement full of corpses... well. It paints a picture. I've maybe met 40 people coming into our little area (say 30 mins sail in each direction) by my last estimate maybe 10 people have survived.

I've also heard rumours of an A.D presence in the area.

Heh i have exactly the same story. While being a hermit i had no problems communicating with others and i was never attacked, although, i try to be extremely cautious. Still my friends keep disappearing and new corpses constantly appear lying all around. But my home is still intact.

Maybe the secret is that i'm a Russian by myself, it gives me some immunity or something

[Lilburne]

We have Russians, but its unclear exactly how much they are involved. Had a few bucket griefers with the obligatory Russian runestone (the guy who proclaimed 'this will be a territory of new Russia' then was killed by a bear whilst bucket macro grinding is a personal fave) but the one sizeable group of Russians I met in the North west were standoffish if pleasant and we've experienced no hostility as of yet from them or anyone else (we were some of the first to the area and we got our palisade up in a rush).

Make no mistake however we are the lucky ones, and as survivors in a region who try to make a point of trading/communicating/co-existing with everyone around we get fed a daily diet of scary stories from survivors of raids and when suddenly a group of 3-4 we got on with suddenly have a several day communication black out and we find a settlement full of corpses... well. It paints a picture. I've maybe met 40 people coming into our little area (say 30 mins sail in each direction) by my last estimate maybe 10 people have survived.

I've also heard rumours of an A.D presence in the area.

Heh i have exactly the same story. While being a hermit i had no problems communicating with others and i was never attacked, although, i try to be extremely cautious. Still my friends keep disappearing and new corpses constantly appear lying all around. But my home is still intact.

Maybe the secret is that i'm a Russian by myself, it gives me some immunity or something

I don't know just writing in Cyrillic script would be enough to get some people to attack you.

[stybayo]

I got talked in cirilic- Hearted like a pussy leaving my friend's borrowed boat behind. This forum has made me paranoid.

[Cajoes]

I got talked in cirilic- Hearted like a pussy leaving my friend's borrowed boat behind. This forum has made me paranoid.

Better paranoid than dead, eh.

[Chaokel]

I've had no trouble with the russians up here, if anything they have been more than helpful.

Although i've also noticed corpses everywhere, how those people met their fate i have no idea.

[overtyped]

You could try moving to the NW part of the world, I heard that is relatively safe and empty.

He's right, I live in the northwest and I find it very safe. I decided i should take some pictures today of me meeting friends and exploring.
I will add the rest under this one. ^^

[overtyped]

Continuing on with my pics of meeting friends in the northwest.