(December 6, 2015 at 1:06 am)bennyboy Wrote: Here's my question: what does having well-populated settlements DO? I can't see that it improves anything except just saying, "Oooh. . . 13 settlers!"
Make you some caps, scavenge you some junk, be another place to sell your stuff and fix you up. It's a personal preference whether or not to mess with them beyond the quests.