Are there any big "cities" with open recruiting?

[Stefan]

So, yeah. I had a several years break and I am thinking about coming back. I am curious about the social interaction within the group part, but I am will really play for my own entertainment, without getting too fanatic about it.

I remember there were some cities in ye older servers, but they did not bear very well. If people are kind of being paranoid about spies and such I would not have any issues playing alone, but ultimately I am curious about playing within the group.

Is it in general possible to befriend some neighbour within the in-game interaction and settle with them ultimately? Does stuff like this happen?

And finally, do you guys still have a common IRC channel?

[Timothy123]

yes this kind of stuff can happen it did with me I made friends with neighbours that lived around my area I took them in and we made a village together at my base

[infectedking]

not really any big places are openly recruiting because of people in Dis like JordanColes/Ozzy who stick an alt inside those villages just to try to grief and destroy them.

[MightySheep]

its not going to happen, Village of the Ancients were the only ones brave/stupid enough to try it this world and they inevitably got killed from the inside

its pretty much unavoidable if you do village with this format, even if you make it as uncommunal as possible like New Brodgar, spies will still ruin your day

[Stefan]

Oh so there was an attempt not so long ago... But it did not go well?

[Avu]

You know shit is fucked up when the best way to get people to stick to a game (the social aspect) is neutered to the point where only people you've known for years from other games would get a chance to join a village these days. No chance in hell of forming new communities so no chance to ever challenge the status quo. Fun stuff.

[Adder1234]

Some villages might let you join, considering that you've played before. But most large villages are already set up when the world starts.

[Neniwi]

Hi! we have a big scaled village but just few people living on it (it's pretty safe) if you want to join us, just give me a pm for further questions

[Patchouli_Knowledge]

Unless you have a positive or honest reputation perhaps one would be willing to recruit you. As mentioned, most villages are closed doors policy due to griefers wanting to have their alt recruited so they can bring in their friends to ransack the village.

[shampizle]

its not going to happen, Village of the Ancients were the only ones brave/stupid enough to try it this world and they inevitably got killed from the inside

its pretty much unavoidable if you do village with this format, even if you make it as uncommunal as possible like New Brodgar, spies will still ruin your day

I've done opening recruiting every world I play. This is the first one I had issues. Dis just doesn't like to be publicly seen for who they really are and I publicly would say this probably my fault for talking shit. And I was a no scent village, with no fighters. And they attacked for one reason because I was best buddies with kenpa which is better faction and they nearly attacked for that reason because dis decided to troll and dropped 7 Carins around my village and I asked for another realm to knock them down so I could expand