It would help young players to get used to wasteland being harsh.
Don't you think the real way to show them this is... to drop them in the wasteland ?
Because of the timeline.
The game is called FOnline:2238 duh...People can't just run and gun through Arroyo, it would look silly and would fuck up the timeline as Izual said.
Sure, just for a complete newbie its a bit overwhelming. I know most of the people that get here have some friend playing so that they can explain everything. Other case is when a complete newbie to fallout saga comes and dies over and over .Why Arroyo cant be used in game?
Arroyo is not open in FOnline, we can't access it since the "Chosen One" lives there.
If the timeline is correct, at the moment (2238), the "Chosen One" doesn't even exist.The Vault dweller is still in Vault 13 now, as stated by FOnline Wiki:"You cannot go inside this particular Vault in FOnline: 2238, as you are restricted to the outside cave by the giant Vault 13 door. The game happening in the year 2238, the Vault's door is still closed, and will later on be opened to let the vault dweller going outside. No one can open the door, as vault's entrances are made to prevent anyone from passing through them."