The radiation lighting your cigs is meant to be a cute idea only, so Gecko reactor would be the one TC place where forgetting your lighter is okay.
The Stranded Rust quest is one of the few, fun, private PvE maps in the game. A solo player can, even while his team has logged out, still play the GR mutie quest, and this Klamath quest could be like that. Allowing a player to work the red valves on his own would not mean he cannot bring his team with him - it would not reduce playability. It would only add playability. And if he's doing this quest, he's likely rather new and doesn't have a team anyway, but will need help in the hold. Meanwhile the real MMO features are still there: TC, Reno, Warehouse, Flare Traps, etc etc etc.
Repair/Science requirement in Junktown Powerhouse is too high, is what i am saying. You can spam it for a long time and still no fixy. Also, did you know that we cannot craft while we have a Repair timer?
Wipe, starting from nothing. Yeah, I already started from nothing 5 times now. How is that balanced when i will start from nothing for the 6th time, and new guys start from nothing from the 1st or 2nd time? I believe this is burning people out. When i hear players comment about this, they dread it. When i try to encourage them that "don't worry, it sets us all back to zero, not just you" they don't care.