Combat Zone was also supposed to be a way more interactive place. You'd essentially be able to be a star boxer. You'd have to fight Cait before you could get her contract, rather than killing everyone inside the place for no reason (???)
It's a shame that got cut. It made no sense why all the raiders instantly attack you.
Like, you're running a boxing/gambling den! How do you make money if you murder anyone who walks in??
I think it would have been nice if there were a few more raiders who weren't immediately hostile. Like they were more cunning than that and opened tolls on bridges that you had to pay or kill them to get across.
Or a group of raiders who wanted your help in overthrowing other raider groups. Especially given there is a higherarchy of groups and politics between The Forged and places like Corvega.
But I guess they feared players would immediately slaughter any people in raider gear from a distance??