The dark zone has changed for the worst
I agree with the much of what the op says regarding the ganking cowards who merc you from behind while engaged with NPCs; run in groups of eight because they have no skills; simply go into the dz to run sentry with Shotty to just kill other players for thrill. I love the game. 60 days of game play, level 99 dz and 30 ug; but the dz has evolved into crap based on the current gear based non skilled players running around ganking and stealing for giggles. Nearly none them are able to compete one on one. I miss the p v p battles in the street. No battles now, just one to four shot kills. Not fun at all. Nerf the stupid shotgun builds and create some parity so players can have legitimate battles. I have no problem with the difficulty level,of the NPCs. With a good team and good tactics, you can be successful. That is until those non-skilled cowards merc you from behind and them run through the maps. This type of play is driving a lot of my friends away and ruining a really fun game.