It has been my experience that folks that build as close as possible to other players are one one two classes:

  1. Deliberately and stunningly stupid, therefore not deserving any sympathy

  2. Deliberately and stunningly entitled who want to force you out of your space and don’t mind their purges spawning directly inside your base

I’ve dealt with both, including the guy who demanded I tear down my base because, and I quote, “I ALWAYS BUILD HERE!!!”

So, no, no sympathy for these twits.

Spoiler, I no longer play on public servers. It has been awesome.