Followers tasked in this way prioritize the chosen task above all other jobs. If their task is occupied by a different follower, the other follower will stop to do something else.
This is what I was hoping the Work Tent did, and while it's still useful, I hope my suggestion is considered to be implemented in some way. It doesn't even need to be done via a new structure, but perhaps in two ways:
- Commanding a follower to do a certain task, even if none are currently available, assigns them to prioritize it the most.
- A new interaction with applicable structures, allowing you to assign a follower (perhaps even multiple) to do tasks related to it.
However it'd be implemented, it would allow you to utilize follower traits and necklaces even more.