In last Xsyon update he said:

"In addition, tribes will be able to place totems at starter areas except for Founder's Isle. However, these will still be safe zones without combat or terraforming. The safe zones will be removed after we set starting zones based on tribe locations (tribes will be able to specify if they want a start zone near their tribe or not)."

I don't fully understand it. So starter areas will always be safe zones? Safe zones equal to non combat and non terraforming?? A starter area is a whole map zone (the zones with numbers that you can see in some player made maps) or just a small piece of that zone?

I ask this because my intention was to start at Sugar Pine starter zone, and near a waterfall next to some junk piles, place my homestead (if the start rush let me :P) but if I am not going to be able to terraform there or later on I will have to be everyday in a safe zone, I don't want that.