The end of hermitting?

[jippe]

So.. great new implementations and a lot to look forward too, however as a very shy casual hermit I am concerned about my way of living. this world was great to just vanish from the "face of the earth" by walking a "few" hours and never got bothered by grievers. this now seems to be impossible in the world to come:
- small map
- extended river system
- random spawn

Was at least hoping that central spawning would be staying.

Will see if undisturbed hermitting is still an option in this world to come but I am not too hopeful. ah well it was nice as long as it lasted..

[evilboy666]

Well there should still be areas far from water, you can settle on those places. But i personally like to be near water.

[Turtlesir]

you're not supposed to be undisturbed. see Developer Thoughts on PvP for details.

regardless, the new claim shield means you'll have a very decent defense. not many people would spend so much effort on just raiding a hermit.

btw, my walls were never breached in world 7 (they are still up even though i haven't been there in over a year), and i lived smack in the central area of the world.

[Sevenless]

There have been hermits since the beginning of time in haven. Worlds 5-7 had plenty, only world 8 and 2 were ridiculously large. You will be hermitting with neighbours is all. The new siege mechanics are in your favour as far as anyone can tell.

[Raffeh]

Isnt the new world the same size as world 7 was originally? Which was pretty damn big and people still hermited on world 7.

[*] The map will initially be generated at a size of 250x250 minimaps (the same as worlds 3-7). We may/most likely will extend the map soonish, but the intention is to make and keep a significantly smaller world.
[*] New characters will spawn all over the initial 250x250 minimaps, rather than the central 50x50 as they presently do.[/list]

Also you can avoid that multiple hour walk to get away from civilization

[Turtlesir]

it's not that big really. you can reach the edge on foot in like an hour to 2 hours. with boats on connected rivers... yeah.

[dafels]

People have been hermitting peacefully in past worlds with the same exact map size. What are you talking about?

[jippe]

ok..
I know that it will be as in earlier worlds, I know the view of j&l on this topic. just saying that this past world has been very generous to the shy hermits population. I am just sad that it is going to be as in earlier worlds (I only played since w7, where indeed I never was attacked).

I will adapt.. still it would have been nice to keep central spawning at least..

[Turtlesir]

foraging is gonna suck with the wilderness being overrun by claims/ruins, that was a big advantage of the giant past world. but other than that i think hermits will be fine.

[Carebear]

ok..
I know that it will be as in earlier worlds, I know the view of j&l on this topic. just saying that this past world has been very generous to the shy hermits population. I am just sad that it is going to be as in earlier worlds (I only played since w7, where indeed I never was attacked).

I will adapt.. still it would have been nice to keep central spawning at least..

Could always move further out if/when the world is expanded...