You must go deeper and see WHY are there so many bandits? The reason is not just because they want the gear of other Players, no I think these are the minority of the bandits (actually the minority of the annoying bandits). The main problem is that there is no endgame-content. What do you do if you have everything? I MEAN EVERYTHING! Well the only reason to play then is pvp, and for the Statistics. And then you go to the Citys with higher population like Stary, Cherno and Elektro (NW-Airfield maybe too) because otherwise you won't have your PVP. Thats it, either you kill yourself and begin from 0, or you go out and kill other Players. There is nothing left to do later in the game.