Somewhere along the lines it seems that people forgot that you can go through this entire game in the post apocalyptic world with just the makarov you spawn with. The residential gear is perfectly adequate for any and everyone. Military gear to me seems to exist for the competitive element between the survivors, and for diversity. With the military gear it is very easy to get ahead of your fellow survivors. Honestly the best gear I've found was from killing bandits. And the spawn locations for the military gear make sense, they spawn at you know, military facilities, also it's not a privilege to get the military gear to be ahead of everyone else, it's a treat. That's what the percentages are so low, if gear such as nightvision and the like were common i'm sure this game would get real boring real fast. One of the most enjoyable things about this game to me is the attention to time detail, the game is not meant to be played in 3 hours, it can be if you are reckless but there's a real treat to living 5, 10 days+ that really makes the game shine. Increasing spawns would also increase the speed of the game, which I for one would say is counter productive.
