@ pilgrim Hey thanks man for the info.
I'm joining public servers, starting with the lowest ping. I have one char an older guy which I started with.
I'm not joining private hives as I figured you'd need a password to do that?
Now on a public server I'm geared up and trying to be careful now staying alive. When it gets dark, I'm done - can't see squat.
So I try and jump on another public low ping server in daylight and I have a new unequipped char in my location and I have to start over?
I'm starting to hate this game....