I quite like that idea.
When I first started a while ago, I looked up the safehouse on the wiki because I was getting tired of having to go to NCR to craft bullets, so I planned ahead and took NOTHING.
Still got camped quite a lot. Got shot many, many times trying to talk to the perk NPC, but I just kept charging in as a bluesuit until it worked.
It's stuff like that that turns off most players.
The game doesn't need to be made easier, but I do think it needs to be a little more beginner friendly. Personally I like how harsh it is when you first start off, as I was trying to fend off 5+ powder gangers with a desert eagle, but a lot of people don't like getting smashed into the ground over and over when they're still trying to learn.