So, I decided to play again. I applied for a couple of village Recruitment threads, but no return.
I made a new character a couple of days ago. Made a house, found a friggin' rabbit's foot on my first rabbit, hung that to dry, had all the basic newbie things going on. Good times. Logged in today to find "Somewhere in the Wilderness".
I log in to where I last logged out, my house, to find my hearth gone. I exit, to find a signpost on my doorstep. Screw this area.
I log out. Log back into the wilderness. Lands me on blueberries. Om nom. Log out.
Log into the wilderness once more, and I've found an abandoned russian village in a nice area.
Two mudflats, a grassland and in the broadleaf forest. All within one screen distance.
Timber house, couple of log houses, a graveyard (All in russian, sadly. Any translators available?), and a couple of crucibles. Pole fencing.
I think I'll settle here. I like rebuild projects.