I suggest to remove all weapons, even the unarmed attacks, and add new feature; hugs and kisses, and maybe ponies, so we will receive noobs how they deserve, with love.
I miss the 2238 old times, where u could get killed anywhere (VC,NCR,Hub,mariposa, random encounters...). No private mines, so u had to go mining with a hammer and a smg in the 2nd hand. There werent infinite amount of resources, so items were valuable. NCP traders were useless, there was only trading between players, noobs selling crafting mats to mid-level player, etc.. Players were scattered all over the map (I used to "live" in gecko, it was safer than VC), there werent workbenchs at tents, so u had to visit cities. In VC u could get killed while crafting and guards would not kill ur attackers, ncr were full of thieves trying to steal from you while crafting. It was CHALLENGING and EXCITING. Its sad all that died. Reloaded is just too easy. It takes 6 hours to get lvl 24 character, starting from nothing; getting weapons and armors is so easy they have lost their value. The only challenge in reloaded is to grind enough to get some "advanced" guns (stupid feature). There is no "casual" pvp, its imposible to find unexpected enemies. You are grinding, or you are looking for PvP, thats all. So reloaded has became some kind of Call of Duty with bad graphics. Every changelog dissapoint me (things like barterground or the hub, where u cant attack or steal from no one... They just destroy the falloutish atmosphere and make this game less unique)
I remember someone once said in 2238 something like "Do you want noobs to learn? Shoot them in the head, thats how they learn" I totally agree; hub just wont let them grow as players, they addapt to that safe enviroment and they never learn how to survive, how to avoid pvp, how to notice things in maps like openned doors and etc, they just stay noobs forever.
Also there are players who are addicted to tents/bases. When I used to play, there were around 100 people logged; I was lucky if I could find 10 different players around the map. I would just add a 5 min timer, if u stay longer in ur base/tent, deathclaws spawn and kill you.
I really hope some gameplaying changes come with the wipe.