This is my new personal record, 30 scav kills on interchange. I went in the mall and after killing one scav they just kept coming! The new AI behavior is crazy. Luckily I was not disturbed by PMCs which is surprising given the amount of time I spent fighting scavs and the noise.
My only complaint is that scavs loot isn't worth it any more, I miss the days when scavs would have interesting stuff in them. Nowadays the best thing you can hope for is a gingy key chain and maybe a broken Gahzel.
What happened to scavs holding keys and other decent items? These days their backpacks and pockets are empty most of the time.
The way scavs should be, is like any other loot container on the map except one you have to kill first. You can find all sorts of amazing stuff in duffle bags, crates etc, why can't scav just be another type of container? Scavs should have random stuff on them, I get that previously scavs could carry meta ammo and labs key cards and maybe that is a bit too much, but the solution isn't to make sure they carry nothing.