Hey Jaysen, for now, based on your posts, it seems that everything is going in positive way.
As for basebuilding, I think that it should be based on individual strategy decision – where player want to establish permanent castle, and where he want to build fast, mobile camp. Castle is good on territory which is quite safe (for long term usage, near valuable long term resources), and camp is good for protecting some freshly gained important place, before establish there castle, or simply for temporary supporting people on more dangerous territories. The most important thing about base’s solidity is player’s choice.