trade post hmm now theres an idea

more a focus on solo players setup somewhere he deems important more like his little home with a shop, house, fresh water ect, carts will travel by it just to drink water maybe buy some food and browse the shop also once horses are in water from trade posts should be important for horses no water means horses walk very slow leaving them open to bandits making the trade posts even more important.

plus there is a bunch of ways to use this and it'll help the solo guys.