So I have been setting up my supply lines so that everyone heads directly to Sanctuary, and now the bridge always seems very busy. Which makes me wonder if that was a good idea.
Should I instead be setting up my supply lines so that there so that there are regional distribution hubs or something?
Maybe it is something else, but my current hub (Sanctuary) seems unable get above a population of 8, but all my other established settlements seem to have 15-20 residents. Are these supply lines keeping the bridge busy somehow blocking new settlers or something?
Basically I want to know how I should select my supply line paths.
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I don't know what would cause caravans blocking up the bridge for sure, but your hypothesis makes sense.
When I get a new settlement, I generally send a supply route from the nearest settlement that has a spare person. This results in the larger settlements with spare people supplying a few nearby settlements with 2-4 settlers. The route map looks like an inverted tree with a couple crossed lines.
At about level 45, at the end of the game, Sanctuary is my biggest settlement, with a couple others having 10+ settlers. I have some caravans on the road by the Red Rocket Station, but I wouldn't call it congested.