Forgive my ignorance as I have been absent from the community for quite a while.

It's awesome coming back to see some progress being made. However I'm rather confused by everything I'm seeing.

I thought we as the players would choose where to build our settlements in the world, but it seems that settlements have been pre-placed. Are we still able to start a town from scratch after launch?

Also what ever happened to the architecture tool? Is it still planned for us to be able to build our own houses or is it now that you must buy a premade house/castle/etc and place it within a restricted area?

I'm still eagerly looking forward to playing this game, I can't wait to be honest. Just not to sure what I will be playing when it's finally released...