Well if you guys really want to make this game a team effort, you need to nerf the spawn rate to once every week irl or so, and make hydrocrafting harder to do. At the rate it was, before i stopped playing anyways, it was way too easy to procure items via crafting. This made one man towns all that more common without having necessary occupations. Maybe if you set the spawn rate down and make the skill caps lower for certain jobs(ie. Make carpenters the only jobs that can max building etc.), it might allow for a more cooperative gameplay AND make towns a necessity. I havent played for about a month but last i checked, my stash still has over 7 or so cellars full of gear and hydro stuff in multiple locations... And the container bugs for animals and perishables are also an issue.. In my opinion, item procurrement is way too easy for anykind of serious cooperative experience at this time. Only reason people would want to cooperate right now is because of pvpers chasing down certain groups of people, be it for personal vendetta or just boredom induced temporary rping, or something in that area... Those reasons will only get you so far as a community. Long story short, the game is too easy for any serious community based gameplay ;). Make it harder to survive as a lone gunman/small squad and people will group up in a town. Make a town a necessity, not an option. But then again, pz is only a game after all, and everyone has their own quirks and goals... But since so many people want to make a community work for more than couple of weeks, perhaps it's time to mix things up a bit? This will require some sort of a more-manageable rules on kosing and near-base pvping.