1.- There are enough players
2.- YES we need more encounter pvp, that is the essence of Fallout, and my only reason to play this game
And Wobbbles84...i dont know what to say... i feel like get 10 brahmin hides is easy, when i was newbie it take me only 30 min to get the 10 hides and im not a good player, i dont spend much time in the game (maybe 4-6 hours every 3 days)
maybe you should search in wiki
or Survival Guides/Game Help section
or you can ask nicely a big guy, there are many good guys out there
you can also ask for help on IRC
you can go MODOC to hunt
you can store the hides in the corner of a city
There are plenty of thing to do, and i think that if someone just can't do it, he must quit the game, but as i've said; its easy.