I can’t speak for every server, but as of now there is a massive overflow of resources, armor, weapons, consumables, and ammunition on the Trading Posts. There should be a feature added that we can “dump” these supplies into the settlements for a flat rate settlement standing. I’ve crafted nearly 40k iron arrows, 2-3k t1-t3 rations, 2-3k t1-t3 health potions, and more often than not I’m just trashing them because every TP is overflowing with low tier items.
Suggested:
Dumping t1 items net 1 settlement standing per item dumped into the settlement.
Dumping t2 items net 3 settlement standing per item dumped into the settlement.
Dumping t3 items net 5 settlement standing per item dumped into the settlement.
Dumping t4 items net 10 settlement standing per item dumped into the settlement.
No player XP, gold income, or weapon mastery should be added to this. This should simply be a “Good Will” stance that strictly makes you favorable with the Settlement that players choose to dump to. This would drastically increase the value of lower tier items, prolong crafting and refining for the future projections of the game, and desperately clear up the TP.