But junk barrels being camped by bots was bad, though.
Encounters arent safe anymore because of predators, but as Floodnik said, its about alternatives, eg, Junk being mineable from walls of Junktown. Or one or another piece in encounter, so a player can say, "screw the grind, im going to the unguarded mine"
Lexx, removing TB would scare off PvEers.