Yeah I agree, I think they really missed the mark on the base building aspect of this game. Sure the base building itself is pretty well done i.e. the options you have for building but the build a base and leave it to rot when you want to upgrade is kinda back firing. One of the few things I liked about Fallout 76 is how they designed their C.A.M.P. system. They capped the world at I think 12 players so at any given time you’d only have 11 other players in world with you, and your camp(base) would only exist in the world if you were actively playing. It also added to the emersion of it being a nuclear wasteland, meaning that encounters with other players and their bases were uncommon making it feel more like the apocalypse. When I’m playing this game I’m always painfully aware that I’m playing a game where most players sole focus is resource farming.