But what about the size of 10 versus x? My group may be able to get 7 or possibly 10 players in a few weeks. (I have 4 or 5 waiting to see how this plays out before subbing)
We will have 5 players subbed and ready for the 18th. I would like to be able to get a spot and intice the others to buy the game.
I recruited at least 7 people yesterday.
We don't want to just blindly recruit players. We have been gaming together for as far back as 2001. I agree that solo players having a reduced area is fine. But give them something for a safe haven.
And 10 players at the start to drop a totem is too big in my opinion. The 3-5 player size seems good.
TBH I have thought of suggesting this as well. This way you will know you have secure neighbours (or own a junk pile), because your alts own all the surrounding land. And since I know I have thought of it (not yet mentioned it to anyone), I know plenty of others have as well.
I am glad the 1 person totem ability has been looked at. I am sorry for the true soloers out there.
I think it's a great idea. Better to make solo players and small groups wait a couple of days to let good spots go to larger groups. It's being more realistic and will help the economy in the long run.
I haven't read through all 7 pages, only the first three, but:
My tribe is a very active 5 man tribe. We have reported very many bugs, and been very beneficial to the testing process.
Why the size of TEN? Currently, I can't imagine more than 5 tribes have ten people, you're just encouraging people to do one of two things if you change it to ten:
1. Join the big conformist tribe
2. Get 10 people together, place totem, have the extras leave.
Either way, it's bad. We will definitely be doing the latter if the 10 people requirement is set up at launch. We camped out with very little sleep for 2 days this wipe, and plan on doing the same for the next one.
We deserve our good location just as much as the next tribe.
Edit: This also takes away the ability to have your own "terraforming pit" for your tribe to get dirt. Which I am neutral towards. We personally have one, but could live without one.