What's up with the enclosed starter area, Macomb?

[HerrMansen]

So I dismissed the swim warnings and drowned my first character, a little fella who took over an abandoned hut near the river just south (that's SouthWest) of the starter stone in the first choice area. I made a second character, started exploring and noticed how pretty much everything has already been claimed and I can't really expand at all where I am now.

So I tried Macomb, a big unclaimed area - nice, except that there's a big old brick wall enclosing the entire starter area, making it impossible for me to exit the small area and find a place of my own. Is this be design? I feel pretty lost, surrounded by claims and rivers I cannot pass. :S

[Potjeh]

OK, I've reopened Novigrad, if you're looking for another alternative.

[warrri]

just start anywhere in the wild then :O

[HerrMansen]

Thanks for reopening Novigrad. I'll see if my luck is any better there.

@ warri : I'm new - I wouldn't know how to unless you'd tell me

[loftar]

@ warri : I'm new - I wouldn't know how to unless you'd tell me :lol:

Just take the ladder out of the character creation room.

[HerrMansen]

I'll keep that in mind.