Safest base location?

[Tarnos]

Hey,

Currently I am in the flat area and there are Holy nation guys coming to me and asking to talk to them, but I have the Old Soldier which has 20k bounty on him(I assumed it's for holy nation at that time), so basically I was unable to talk to them(Do I need to get close with all characters?), so they left and later started raiding my base which barely started.

I have a hard time handling hungry bandits.

Is there any place which is safer?
Or am I forced to stay in town and do stuff here?
What is considered a base? A single iron refinery will make it a base?
Not sure what I can do with my low lvl characters if I don't make a base, they are lvl 1 in all except 1 old soldier with a bounty, I am actually considering giving him away to make 20k +_+

[The Knight of Quails]

Making a base is widely considered a mid-end game activity. Like when youve got a squad with everyone’s fighting skills 30-40+. Before then it can be rather difficult paying off/fighting off the multitude of groups that will approach your base, and you WILL be approached no matter where you set up camp. So it depends on who youd rather deal with. Im not 100% certain but i think its considered a “base” the minute you put down your first housing unit.

[Tarnos]

Thanks for the reply :) I will keep that in mind and buy a house.

[Tommy Reslin]

The safest location for a base is probably near a location that you have good relations with. That being said.. yes I'd wait until you're stronger and have good relations with a faction. As in allied.

[Caliburn]

As an additional point, there's some decent info if you're contemplating building your first base including what to look for and some example placements in
Gameskinny's guide[www.gameskinny.com].

[The Knight of Quails]

Interesting article. Im actually doing quite well right in between Clownsteady and Drifters Last. Manufacturing the heck out of grog im bringing in close to 100k every game week if i had to guess. I picked the spot for its relatively flat location and as it turned out the area is perfect for hunting. If im desperate i just travel up north of clownsteady and harvest swamp turtle (14 meat per animal).

[Tarnos]

yeah I have used this specific tutorial for my first base and I used the flat area, estern plateau.

In any case, I found some other tips for beginners and I got some free recruits(I forgot there were free ones) and I joined Shinobi guild which sold me very cheap backpacks and some armor, so it seems like a very good start right now.

Obviously I hired Beep, or rather I accepted his invitation to join his group to become the best samurai.

[The Knight of Quails]

Ohhh Beep. Ive had to replace both his legs in my playthrough. Poor hiver just cant win. When I decided the hivers coming around were gonna be my labor force, Beep kept a spot on my main squad, though. Hes too lovable at this point to relegate to the mines and ore processing.

[Tarnos]

I am making mine into assasin, we will see how that works :]

[Incunabulum]

Originally posted by ゴール・D・タルノス:

Hey,

Currently I am in the flat area and there are Holy nation guys coming to me and asking to talk to them, but I have the Old Soldier which has 20k bounty on him(I assumed it's for holy nation at that time), so basically I was unable to talk to them(Do I need to get close with all characters?), so they left and later started raiding my base which barely started.

I have a hard time handling hungry bandits.

Is there any place which is safer?
Or am I forced to stay in town and do stuff here?
What is considered a base? A single iron refinery will make it a base?
Not sure what I can do with my low lvl characters if I don't make a base, they are lvl 1 in all except 1 old soldier with a bounty, I am actually considering giving him away to make 20k +_+

Put a housing unit down a good distance away from your mining operation. Bandits will approach that building and 'attack' it - which means they'll run inside and stand there if no one is nearby. That's it. They'll stand in there until the attack is over and then leave, leaving your mining/farming operation alone.

There isn't much that *needs* to be inside a building until you're ready to start crafting. Stick a tech bench inside and keep an eye out for bandits - pull your researcher out when they come near.

You'll be able to mine and farm - including making food like Grog/Rum (high cost items for trade) and make money unmolested.

[Tarnos]

Yeah I've been doing that for a while, but sometimes 1 random dude gets close to my mining zone and he was too strong for me to handle.

I found a better way to start off, soon I will be strong enough to make a base.
Training at Shinobi Thieves is already big, it gives me +10 to melee attack so I should be able to handle starving bandits etc.