Stormdrooper

The main point of the game is finding stuff and surviving off it. If you could find the best and rarest equipment in less than a day just by hitting an airfield once then where is the fun of exploring or the thrill of finding something rare? Sake, it's already piss easy to get geared at the moment. If anything, military spawns need to be cut down. Too many kids with ghillies and AS50's out there.

This is somewhat true. There is little challenge in shooting unarmed fresh spawns in Elektro from the hills. The end game is really the main PVP hubs like the northern airfields and Stary which is fair game. Don't go there not expecting to fight someone. I've had my time as a bandit and it's fun for a while but the lack of real firefights is just boring. Shooting a heavily equipped survivor with an M14 from cover is just...meh. I find the real challenge is to be friendly and to help others as you have to wade through a load of shitty sniper fire to actually do it.

There are friendlies out there. There seem to be an abundance here on the forums. Personally, I get myself an advantage over someone and then try to communicate with them. It helps to have a mic too. The time it takes to type makes people very nervous. I try to help unarmed people and fresh spawns with some items, I never hand out weapons though for obvious reasons. Also, if someone is running along with a coyote back and an AS50 then I will probably shoot first. The odds are that they are bandits and what is in their pack is better in mine. Just be cautious, if someone isn't a threat then do what you will. Don't give away your position until you feel that you can come out on top if it goes awry. Happy surviving.

If everyone has an advantage then no one does.