Hostages and robbing rates seem down?

[Death By Crowbar 1213]

Anyone else seen a trend in hostage taking and robbing going down? When I first started playing, I got taken hostage and cuffed a lot (and robbed a lot). However, I would most often come out of the situation alive. 

 

For the past month or so I've not been taken hostage once (nor have I seen anyone take hostages, I do a lot of scouting with binoculars). Is it just me or does it seem the status quo is now KOS only? Perhaps a big difference is now I'm more familiar with where spawns are and am more likely to have a gun, perhaps people are more likely to shoot someone packing heat?

 

One exception was maybe 3 weeks ago 4 dudes surrounded me, and cuffed me in the middle of the road and then split up to pop off anyone who came by to look at me, then they let a wandering zombie kill me. But other than that it's been pretty much KOS.

 

The poor handcuffs are getting lonely people, use them! Isn't it better to have good loot than risk ruined items?

[Element47 2481]

forcefeeding worms incoming, so kidnappings will probably rise again in popularity :D

[energeticsheep 95]

I tend to hold people up with my friends, however we usually end up putting a cap in their leg and leave some Morphine or a Splint somewhere random in the town for them to find.