IMO, for poor players and factions (casual/lazy/whatever), the good solution would be :
- Some bases for the main HQ.
- Some tents for secondaries areas.
Even lonelly players need at least one base, to register all their chars and put the stuff they want to exchange between alts, including the tent maps. I think to risky to put a tent map in a public location and dual/fast relog to make sure all chars read it. (especially with the idling treat) I someone spots you, you just gave up you tent and everything inside.
Of course, for big gangs, or well organized lonelly players, having 40+ bases wouldn't be a problem.