I've played about ~8 hours over the past two days, mostly wandering. Met a few groups who had posted up and seemed ready for The Long Grind. Found a few claims that werent properly secured and checked out their wares, left them a few gifts.
The Major Change this world is the ocean/continent system. Where the last worlds have always been fun, there's a new sense of danger that comes with the ocean. I can't march across the whole map this time, which is what i've done on every world prior, and it's enjoyable. With any luck, player bases will be segmented enough to create specializations and encourage some real trading amongst the continents.
I'm currently posted up on a very large continent on the southern edge of the map (i'm leaning towards southeast corner of the map, but I might be wrong). I've no intention of forming a group or a village, but if someone wants to predetermine their spawning location to this area, I can throw up a wilderness beacon for you. PM me here and i'll be sure to check for messages for a few days. (wilderness beacons can't be use asynchronously so if you have a specific schedule to play, mention that so i can try to get one set up for you)