I know this may come off a little biased considered im on the top island on sb2 but I think there should be top 3 island payouts just like factions. It would help keep the seasons from dying off so early like they have started to do. It would keep people grinding and working hard for a lot longer and maybe attract more players. My opinion on the top island payouts are: For every member of Is Top #1 they could all get like a 10 dollar MCC giftcard Then for #2 they could all get like a 7.50 dollar giftcard Finally for #3 they could all get a 5 dollar gift card and I think yes the payouts seem low but they could be raised but since there can only be 10 members on the team everyone put in lots of work and should be all be split evenly. I think this would keep players active like they do on factions because everyone is motivated!
For a 6 month map getting $10 gc sounds like a joke tbh, you can make $10 with an irl deal in literally a few hours of work early map. If they were to add payouts they'd have to be huge for a 6 month season or the maps would have to be 1 month or so.
1 month isn't really realistic for sb but I was just saying 10 dollars for an example of how they could do the payouts!