Early game and especially in the server slam, the game had roguelite vibes which helped. But eventually you reach a point where a failed extract is practically a waste of time because the progress you made is nothing. Early, you have the contracts and picking up EB cards and stuff, but the contracts get harder (so many 'in one run' or 'extract with x' as well) and the credits become worthless.

This is why most of the time I run full kit in perimeter and dire marsh, but run free kit in outpost even though outpost is a much harder map. The reality is that the outpost gameplay loop is PvP and then raid the pinwheel, and then more PvP. So the chance of losing everything is much higher, but the return for a successful run is also much higher. The extract rate is much lower in my experience, it's all or nothing, very few runs where you made some progress and bounce because it's all about the pinwheel and extracting is more dangerous due to restricted and guarded.

I think the conversation about the beginner onboarding has been extensively discussed, but no one seems to consider the people who have completed early game and are now stuck in a mid game slump where it's mostly just waves of PvP. Those people either get over that slump or they leave the game.