I swear, this map just has so little loot. The map barely has any keys and the keys it does have are just huge piles of shit this wipe.
all the loot in the mall is concentrated in 1 corner with the tech stores.
only reason to be outside is either for: Quests/extract/stashes.
Sure there is loot and you can get your backpack filled but only barely. if i run customs i can get 3 attack 2 backpacks filled to the brim with good loot. it has a shit ton of stashes relatively close to each other and doesnt get you of the way, customs also has plenty of tech crates. The warehouses have nice loose loot such as motors, filters, fuel etc.. But interchange is just straight ass in this regard. The stashes are something you either fully commit for or dont go for at all. The second floor of the mall only has 1 tech store worth checking. everything past mantis is just also ass. There is some loot in goshan and the computers next to it. parking garage has some weapon crates and stuff but is also just very inconvenient in a loot run and is often not worth going for.
so the only loot worth checking are the tech stores and oli. all concentrated in one spot. But if we take customs for example. we can find loot almost anywhere we walk.
reduce GPU spawns. Increase loot almost everywhere on the map. This would decentivize people leaving after finding a GPU and would make for longer and more exciting raids. because i can barely remember fights anywhere else but oli. and i have 3000 hours. and probably a good 600 on that map.
EDIT: I Forgot that the map also doesnt have a scav boss.
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/EscapefromTarkov/comments/sslpdf/interchange_needs_an_entire_loot_rework/