I remember only playing one week 2238 and gave up because of the ridiculous cooldowns just to craft 10mm ammo and getting killed 1 hour later just because someone with a big gun wanted to.
Yes, Fonline was never easy like like other MMORPGs. I collected my first expirience back then with TLA. And i liked it. Everything was a challenge!
But now in Reloaded you dont get rewarded for anything except PvE. So there is no reason for PvP. And even the PvE rewards are very small. I dont know whats balanced. And besides, there is only PvE in Reloaded. Or did you see some new PvP vids from last time?
And why must be everything friendly? A Tutorial is playerfriendly enough. If you dont like challenges then just play a idle game like Clicker Heros. Oh, wait! There is still Reloaded season 3
I like a lot of the Reloaded features. But in current season its all boring. So i changed to Fonline 2. Its at the moment the number one choice for player who like challenges.