@Eclipse01 : unrifled barrels are very inaccurate, especially when they tended to use smaller bullets then the opening partly due to powder residue building up in the barrel, these were used in volley fire against formations, not aimed shots. the assistance would likely be increasing accuracy until he gets use to the type of gun.
The log out restriction was only during 1 part, not the game as a hole.
Lose a level on death depends on how the game leveling works, but if you want players to not be Leroy Jenkins and actually play for skill, a real penalty for death would make sense. Plus it depends on the level cap, many NA games have low caps, but there are plenty of Asian series like Disgaea with caps in the thousands so a level here of there means little.
@Archaron : no game has perfectly balanced classes, and the more the harder it is, so far we do not know enough to tell if it is a balance issue, or the standard players overemphasizing stre gths and weaknesses.
As to the quests, he took extra quests with a time limit, and took them solo. The rabbit is meant for a full party, and likely meant as a learning expedience, the failures we see could easily be from bad players and not it being to hard.