SET LAND CLAIM RADIUS TO 0.3
It was mentioned that there would not be Purge south of the main river. This means it is safe to build your primary base south of the main river. There will be a lot of players trying to do that. The land claim radius multiplier in Live is currently set at 0.5. It is 1.0 in test live. If it were set at 0.3, the south side of the main river could be built up like a close, cozy townhouse city and the resources on the north side of river would be preserved.
The outposts for harvesting would have to be relatively small and eventually built out of T3 material surrounded by palisades. A 0.3 land claim radius would increase the protection of the iron and coal resource nodes from building encrochment, particularly at the Summoning location.