I watch't New Reno Gas Station for hour's (most of the time I wait for T-Ray to respawn) and not in peak hours. Nobody was around when I whent to buy the car, he came after I finisht the transaction, and about that s**t "going alone", well I dont know anybody to go with someone, and even if I did I dont think 4 of us could handle the 5 mercs and that guy with a minigun mostly because its RT and the mercs have better reflexes.I want to enjoy the game and the time playing, not to spend my time waiting like a paranoid lunatic for 4-5 hours. Patience has a limit and an expiration date. When I play I want to enjoy myself, not to wait that much time, I value my time because I dont have to much when it comes to games.
Realism and npcs can never fit. If we had realistic npcs, T-ray would be a pk that jumps on people from worldmap with a highwayman and 5 mercs which he bought with all those caps he got from selling cars.Base seller npc wouldn't be selling any bases because bases are more valuable than caps. He would just keep all the bases and laugh at the hundreds of players without bases. Or he would sell to noobs and when the noob hoards his items there, the base seller npc would take it all because the noob didn't understand to kick him out.There's a reason why t-ray is where he is and why he doesn't protect his clients. It's because of risk-reward factor. You risk yourself and your moneys to get the car.Bases will be changed after wipe. The reason why they could only be bought by a group had its meaning but players bypassed that with contacts and proxies.
If you would have closed door behind you nobody would probably came. PKs are just checking map from overview and when the T-Rays door are open they jump in and..... die by my avanger bursts. xD Any open door in unguarded city are invitations to fight. Full merc squad can be handled in RT even by simple char if you'll use terain. Trying to take them out in the plain is suicuide. And about the bases: i agree that buing base is inconvenient and unintuitive as shit but if you would make some time searching forum or wiki you would surely realize that there are names left and which of them are free. But i doubt that is possibility for you so rather keep making silly therads to amuse whole comunity. xD