[quote=PCSutfin]
Even better would be to build a sort of safety hut that new players spawn in and old ones can hang out at.
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I'm pretty sure they wash up on the shore in groups, not spawn. So while a fort would be useful, they'd have to make it into it from the water. And they wouldn't be completely suckered, because I think Elendra expressed an intent of sending new players in batches, after maybe three or five players die, I dunno.