i like to think of it as guerrilla warfare myself... just imagine it and maybe it'll be more bear able .
But yeah, I agree the owner(s) should be online.... Maybe we can make a feature where your followers log out with you except on Base and tent maps.
I dont like passive NPCs that solves problems, but i think that those "traps" are useful in Fonline, because it replace lack of content. Imagine situation, where you want to mine minerals and you are killed by guarding mercs. First thing i do is that i report this to temates. Then we want to check more information, so we send there scout. Then we prepare attack group and we try to break this blocade. If we are succesfull, there is a lot of stuff from death players as a reward. If this ability would not exist, this kind of entertaiment would not exist.