It's called "teh PvP" and better part of playerbase carries this out. At least that's what I've heard.
No it's not harsh. It's just boring once you explored it all.Also once a bunch of losers visit a town at night and hide in a room for 15 minutes, you can't even visit it the next day, because for some reason 20 armed locals listen to a naked douchebag with BB gun.