Are we going to get a World expansion?

[Amanda44]

Another few weeks at most, I reckon. They've expanded every world that has started at 5x5 since I started playing except 4, and it got killed about six weeks in due to rampant skill gains from botting. Why they don't start at a bigger map, I don't know. Last world was way too big, and even 3 got too big, but this is way too small for the number of players that have joined the game. If you don't no-life the first week, you're screwed for the first few months (until the no-lifers burn out, that is).

This.

Rivers and there being so many of them don't help the situation but the main issue is there are like 650+ players on this small map. W7 began with a small map with half that amount of players and then got expanded, as MM says, why they started with such a small map knowing the interest in a new world combined with siege mechanics is a mystery ...

Neither of my chars are at the edges of the map, the one who is travelling is somewhere close to the centre and did try and adjust where she spawned thinking everyone else would move away ... but they didn't ... ... and as yet, even though she is now on the move have not come across anywhere without multiple groups and bases.

My hermit char has 3 other bases around her and she did travel trying to find a quiet spot and found them, only to be invaded the following day, lol, luckily now, after a cart stealing incident was resolved my neighbours seem to be friendly and non-aggressive and so she has finally settled.

[Kalacia]

Amanada, You could come over and settle by us

[Amanda44]

Amanada, You could come over and settle by us

Thanks Kalacia ...

My hermit is ok now though and Amanda is travelling to find Em so we can build EC ... btw, I keep forgetting to add you guys so just add me ... it's the usual, Amanda7.
Pass it on to the others.

[Granny]

I settled not so far away from where I spawned. So far I have been stolen from, leather of course, but have not seen too many others Reason is probably because it looks devoid of any high quality anything here. Which suits me fine, since it adds longevity to my hermitage

I might have jinxed myself now, and will post the horrible story of destruction tomorrow. In any case, I too hope we will get an expansion of the map.

[Orcling]

I settled not so far away from where I spawned. So far I have been stolen from, leather of course, but have not seen too many others Reason is probably because it looks devoid of any high quality anything here. Which suits me fine, since it adds longevity to my hermitage

I might have jinxed myself now, and will post the horrible story of destruction tomorrow. In any case, I too hope we will get an expansion of the map.

Then everyone will settle on the expansion.
If they do expand the map though, they better remember to empty out the fucking ice spires in advance this time.

[linkfanpc]

Only people i've ever met (i've met around 4 people so far) are friendly (and quite frankly cool) people. Only time we tracked someone down was because they simply trespassed, and we wanted to meet him. We managed to accidentally scare the crap outta him, and he hearthed home. We tracked him down again, and after a minute of talking him and his friend were buddies with Camp Redstone!

Although i WOULD like a map expansion so we could limit the run-ins with bandits.

[Tamalak]

I hope they don't expand the map. I *like* meeting a lot of people rather than playing a game where villages are 6,000 miles apart and 90% abandoned.

[Kalacia]

Amanada, You could come over and settle by us

Thanks Kalacia ...

My hermit is ok now though and Amanda is travelling to find Em so we can build EC ... btw, I keep forgetting to add you guys so just add me ... it's the usual, Amanda7.
Pass it on to the others.

Ill add you when i get online after work. Ill message the others now

if you need some help getting EC up (and once ive done all our leveling) ill come over and help if you will have me.

[Eemerald]

we'll have any help:)

[Garfy]

I hope not. I actually enjoy seeing people in the game. Increasing the world size is just doing to send everyone running to their own little corner, never to be seen again. And then when the player count dwindles in coming weeks/months, we're just going to stop seeing people anymore.

Now that palibashing doesn't exist, pallisades gain soak over time and sieging is harder, new players have more than enough time to get some protection set up. Also, the new siege system is going to see no use at all if the world is made bigger, given that it takes special resources to make siege items now and it also requires a concentrated effort to siege somewhere. Increasing the world size is going to result in one of the most boring, least active worlds we've ever had.