You like to cooperate? Joining efforts should benefit? So, why don't we try this.
Team work
I don’t know what is the main goal for the game set by its developers, but if it is a cooperation and team work then the „to do” list is long.
First of all, there should be an opportunity of making/ joining some sort of community (like guild or tribe) with bonuses dealing from it.
Theoretically in every community, sooner or later, people start to specialize in their actions and professions. Someone is a farmer, other is a smith, warrior, etc. A new skill „Brotherhood” should be introduced. And all guild members should receive experience points for every action every guild member will do. Because their single actions have an influence on all other guild members actions and alltogether they create a system. Bonusses, for example: level 5 – all members gain +2 hp, level 10 – mining, woodcutting, farming, crafting, etc speed increase by 2%, level 15 – something, level 20 – something.
And/Or
A community can have a bonus from its complexity. The more professions (skill exp points of its members by types in comparison to a „ideal community index”) in a community the better rewards.
Message board and local chat for guild members. Chat is obvious, message board – to leave notes to other members (for example request for resources, „to do” list) that are offline in particular moment to be read and edited in the future by the others. Wooden signs are to small – checked.
I see a huge potential on the „building community” field, with local trade, authority, crime and justice, and even urban planning instruments. But players need to feel save to move from one place to another. Guild can possibly guarantee that.
