@GamerSeuss I totally agree with your points and suggestions. I think The more freedom in a sandbox mmo we can get the better so that means you should be free to be a solo player. However, I agree that it should be more difficult to be a solo player and incentivize people to joining groups/guilds/cities. There should be a small tax on any financial/crafting transaction that occurs within a city which goes to the upkeep/coffers. The tax should be higher for non citizens to not only promote them to joining the city, but to also deter hostile factions from exploiting the hard work of the current citizens. Also, the Governor should be able to "pardon" specific non citizens from these higher taxed transactions, if they are deemed to be providing the city with some benefit that the city needs or just have been having good relations with the city. This would be for solo merchants/traders who may or may not travel from city to city to bring exotic goods to your city. Or perhaps for mercenaries who have served the city well in their time of need.
