I'm one of the new players that discovered this gem a few weeks ago.I see people asking for penalties to this,penalties to that,remove the le and so on.I play this game because it has a fabulous cyberpunk atmosphere,it's pretty complex,I like to build new weapons,repair,team up with other players and go hunting plus many other things.PvP is not one of them(one of the reasons is the lack of time to have a very good pvp build to stand a chance to the vets).So you could say I play casual,I just fire up Neocron every few days for some fun.
I understand pvp is part of the game it's just that I don't think any of the parties(pvp&pve) should be punished because they play differently.The population is not big,heck it's quite small for a MMO and after I talked with some players I understand it wasn't big even in the glory years.
Nerfing LE players could lower the population even further or you might end up with a full Plaza 1 and the rest of the areas deserted.

After all I'm not sure what fun will be to grind sewer rats&spiders even more time with a le penalty.