When the game first came out you it wasn’t too challenging to get people to do the town boards they were packed full of rewards. I got 100 armor and weapon crafting grinding them.
Now doing literally anything else is more productive.
It’s a feel bad time sink where there is no real reward for the person doing the work. Yes if everyone works together it’s not terrible, but people are prone to the tragedy of commons. And not every controlling guild is massive.
Even worse for somewhere like reekwater or first light where they draw almost no one.
Some ideas
–add gypsum to 100 town boards xp
–add aptitude like chests to town boards
–add a community contribution track like pvp. Doing enough unlocks new tracks. Could add more things for players to collaborate on especially at holiday events where contribution to a world upgrade would also reward a player
–untangle settlement upgrades from town boards
–have settlement board quests push faction
I really like the gypsum and contribution tracks myself.
Anyone else like some of these or have other thoughts?