I’ve stated before, this is how I’m abusing the footfall system. I realized what was going on and built roads to 10k prestige and tied it in to a huge settlement. Each alt is making on average about 3k a day. 5 beacons I one area getting 15k coin a day. That’s one area. Astute builders notice when an area is growing and plan footfall generation accordingly. 15k generates daily over the layout of several hubs.
Footfall generation racks up quickly. Alt stacking to use the footfall mechanic is a very wise thing.
They all receive different values because they don’t get the exact same footfall so I can’t elaborate on the thing you are describing. I definitely see the most travelled parts getting more footfall generation.
Edit: my footfall drastically pales in comparison to what others are getting. There is a reason why people rushed to get hubs up. It wasn’t out of the goodness of their hearts by any means. They then use that footfall to buy oortstones to power portal hubs and still have epic amounts of footfall left over to spend on goods to manipulate market prices.
I’m still new to Boundless but have gotten a quick education on game mechanics on several fronts. The game definitely does not lend itself to the feel good community it seemed I originally bought in to.