Starting Player Hub Request!

If at all possible, it'd be nice to have an initial players hub type area.
I know 0.5 is coming, but I figured this would be something fun to add down the road in case it's not already added.

Points:
1. People really want an in-game chat (Seen by other feedback and other outlets such as discord) to vibe with people and hang out, without the requirement for a party. Such as a local or proximity chat.
2. Giving people a multiplayer type hub earlier, maybe a quest NPC that denotes a "gathering of Realm Walkers" and it be like a town with a few random NPC's that players can go visit earlier on, chat with, group up to run content, find new players that want help, etc with that local public chat would incite more time in game, player interactions, content assistance, etc.
3. This would show players early how multiplayer and partying works for the future!

Having it feel "gated" behind the Watch is fine, but players don't know about/don't use the party chat as is, they don't super know its there at the moment.
But giving them a way a little earlier to hang out (maybe have it be after the astrolabe stuff, that way it's between tutorial, and Herbarium) would be IMO beneficial.

Not everyone uses social media or discord, they're in game and don't want to have to tab over to another screen, what ever the reason I think i'd be cool to give a taste of multiplayer/co-op before the vaults so people can be used to it.

No the new player hub map shouldn't have any vaults or anything, but with a local chat, I can totally see people finding groups, or just RPing, or just chatting sillily giving advice, helping each other, etc.