I disagree. That's the problem with servers nowadays. It's to easy!
I know David.... why not have a frigin' NCP that teleports you straight to all the KRs so you don't have to fanny about running about everywhere. Why not just spawn EvilMir right outside BW so eveyrone can have a chance at it instead of spending hours getting there.
Why not start everyone off with a tele ring??
Stop being lazy and a tight-ass and run/rt/horse it. --->> IMO.
HOWEVER..... I do agree about the whole starting off at Genko Tree Valley where noone is around-part is a bit risky from a developer's point of view. To someone who's just started and has no idea.... it's better to start off in a place that's populated... that way if you don't know how to do things from the off there is always the lovely Mir Community to help them along a bit? Maybe.... spawn in BW... but have a half decent quest that leads them to GTV or Border.... Then they can go from there. Otherwise.. Make GTV a bit more popular
Just a suggestion.
Squatts.
Going to the extreme to prove a point does nothing but make you look silly.
A teleport NPC is great cause most people don't have the time to run all the way to places, and also sometime you're not sure where you want to go, and having a nice list of teleport locations can sometimes give some inspiration on where to hunt.
It also makes guild hunts easier as you don't have to wait for everyone to make it to the location.