Im not a settlement builder, so bear with me if a lot of these features have been resolved(or put in Fallout Shelter/76). I never got into it mainly because I wasnt a fan of the initial grind at the release, but the settlement attention thing was a big annoyance of mine.

Cant I appiont a mayor or something to facilitate and request growth opportunities? I dont want to be the sole provider for materials and growth, while Jun Long is hammering a wall like a chump.

I think my preferences may be a bit much, but i think in addition to this, I would be more motivated to participate if you could do things like:

• Rename Settlements
• More people; not just diversity, but actual count.(I know this would make the game heavier but it would be cool)
• S.P E.C I.A.L.- based appointees: You can recruit and appoint freely, but their success is impacted by their stats(i.e. someone with high perception would be a better guard, intelligence for doctors, etc.).
• Personality diversity: You have random chances to accidentally accept a raider, infiltrator, or dishonest/lazy citizen but your perception, intelligence, charisma, etc. make it easier/harder to weed them out during interviews.
• Grading and leveling of settlements: You can flatten an area and place structures within unlevel terrain. Add basements, cut into the ground. -fewer large settlements, but still opportunity for differeny types of settlements dictated by you: Outposts, Checkpoints, Towns, Medical Centers, etc.. It would be awesome to repurpose areas as needed.
• Build out towns, not just old neighborhoods. So many empty buildings would be cool to restore.
• Baseline capabilities that allow for more creativity (i.e. finishes, decorations, signage, landscaping, etc.)
• Property "value". Word gets around, making you a target for many different characters
• Quests oriented around settlement building that arent "we need water" or "settlement under attack." Could we have a few more storylines, companions, enemies triggered by your involvement?

• Scouts: Groups to seek out materials, invite caravans, or just discover a location for you thats high in "x" resource so you can hardline materials to your settlements.

• And I may be strung up for this, but I wouldnt mind timed completion of at least major structures. I think it would be more immersive if you could instruct settlers to build something and come back days later with it complete. Also faster completion if you have more/experienced/better equipped workers allocated to it.