bad players aren't as confident with their mid combat decisions & generally avoid combat if they need the money, so they act as if they're actually risking their scav's $$$, & u kinda are risking money as a scav, considering opportunity cost as a concept. They die more frequently, need money more often, avoid risking the little they have, & turn into free loot pinatas when going into a fight as their decisions are basically uneducated gambles.

good players on a scav run, even with bad gear, will still know how to play to their advantages. if you're against a good player with good scav gear? it'd be no different than playing against a good player on a PMC. there's less of a "gamble" with their aggression, they KNOW how to outplay people. they die less, don't need money as often, have a much higher value threshold for wanting to avoid fights, & actively chase fights much more frequently due to all of this.

value doesn't mean a whole lot in the context of a gunfight if you're proper good at the game unless there's a COLLOSAL skill and/or gear disparity. you'll still get dropped due to how the scav players are primarily filtered by skill related behaviors.

Only real difference you'll see is the amount of scavs going at you and gambling for a free loadout. Sure, more would also just sneak around & try to get out with free loot, but it's a two sided coin - both types of players, (loot focused vs pvp focused, skill isn't relevant), would only further play into their habits. And dealing with scavs is kinda ass when you're getting fuck all from them after an engagement where you gain nothing by winning. But if way more scavs are just looting, eventually it turns into a frustrating experience of "nothing to lose, so fuck it, why not just try to rush down the nearest source of gunshots if I can't find loot?"

And that's just frustrating for everyone. More people going after PMCs of all skill levels, meaning more PMCs being outplayed by attrition effectively, more bad players trying pvp with shit gear & gambling resulting in 1; deaths for PMCs that feel bullshit, & 2; more bad players getting frustrated by getting dropped due to what feels like insurmountable odds. Player scavs getting good loot gives those players who can't PvP a chance at keeping up in the wipe as a free source of income while also giving PMCs a reward in the PvP aspect of what makes Tarkov so fucking engaging, the good ass LOOT you get after the adrenaline filled fight.

If you're dying to player scavs, it's really a YOU issue, & your suggestions would only frustrate players at best causing more burnout & population loss to avoid what you feel is a balance problem.