I have to agree, at the moment it is a struggle to keep closing down and opening new outposts around the map on an almost daily basis. I once said on the forums that more outposts slots would make it too easy, I've since realised that I was wrong in that regard.
With the current player numbers, the ability to have many points at which to leave to look for action is a much needed "quality of life" feature and to be honest we could probably do with a couple more if anything.