Your character surviving from the mundane concerns like food, water, etc is pretty much a given. I am going to link this to pvp.

It has been discussed that there will be many merchant opportunities in F1859. Cattle, mining, farming, etc will all be available. Will these skills be available to everyone or will someone who beefs up their pistol skills be unable to grasp the higher reaches of mining techniques because of a finite number of skill points? What about vice versa? Will an awesome miner never be able to reasonably defend themselves against outlaws who have foregone any concern over non-combat related skills?