It seems like the NPCs are way OP this wipe. I was a grid and a half away from Launch and started getting shot at- not sniped, shot. Eventually, they killed me from that distance. Then, the NPC ran across those grids to kill me as soon as I had revived. Then, I revived again and they chased me back to my base, shooting all the while! So bizarre!
In another example, I was at junkyard and was getting one shotted by an NPC with a shotgun who was a good 40 feet away with a halfwall between us. And all the NPCs move really fast! I like some challenge, sure, but the fight needs to be more fair.