I believe youre critizising the wrong things. aggressors too hard? try mutants. xp gain too slow? get a better weapon. have to run back and forth to the pleasure of Mr. Jones? this is a MMORPG, which means it has RPG elements. have you ever played an MMO without errands? have you ever played a complicated game successfully without asking more experienced players for advice? i think the problem here is expectations. you just cant start playing Neocron with nothing but the endgame in mind. youll need to play the game as a weak and growing char for quite some time. just as in any other RPG or MMORPG. so please tell our friends to come back to NC, and have them talk to people. talking is the key, not tweaking game stats. if you dont like to talk to other people, a MMORPG isnt the right kind of leisure activity for you. good luck.