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That's a tradition going back to Fallout though. Why should you build a base in Fallout 4? Because you can't advance the game without doing so. Beyond a crafting station it was completely superfluous. I'm not surprised they haven't figured out how to have it be a natural impulse yet.
They probably have, but decided to not bother, "too much work" involved. I mean, I can easily think of many ways to make outposts something players would look forward to mechanically: