"@ Kraskish" the thing is, they're not allowed to "pwn" people, only people they're given a very good reason to kill, its not up to the random "oh hey, lets shoot that guy" whims of the player really.
second thing is, the whole "killing raiders" thing was a fallout tactics thing, think of this as if fallout tactics doesnt exist, as far as i know, the BoS in FOnline is based 100% off the one in fallout 1/2, meaning they didn't go out killing things and trying to get cave men wanna-bes for cannon fodder, they just shot them or told them to leave the area.
if anything, in the "lore" of the BoS, giving a big thing of micro cells to the head tech guy would probally get you a suit of power armor faster than getting mixed up with the waste land scum every day.
this being the point i am trying to stress all along, you're not allowed to "pwn" people, show it off, or other wise abuse the suit of power armor, so if you're getting blown up by people in power armor, you asked for it.
as for the power armor training thing, yes, i'd vote for that, not every monkey can wear a suit of highly powerful battle armor. not to mention even beable to use it fully and turn it on.
-Ulrek-