How is The Division now? I thought it was pretty poorly populated...for finding kit I mean. The missions were kind of fun (though too often I strayed away from my level) but the loot kicking around was quite poor iirc.
Not certain of others' experiences, but once I hit level 30 with the "main," game, I started getting drops like mad - Superior / High End / Gear Set stuff is common (but good luck getting that last bit of Gear Set that you want/need - it's like McDonalds' Monopoly where you need that one last piece to get a win). Even got a couple of Exotic weapons this way too. Heck, I just pick up Superior stuff to sell now, and those poors on the street giving me their Standard or Specialized crap in exchange for med kits or sodas ....pffft! Please!
I think it's a Level issue; the higher your level, the greater the chance of something good coming out of blasting baddies. Also the difficulty level of the mission reflects on the goods you get too.
Supposedly, per scuttlebutt I've seen on some other forums, they reworked drops a couple of versions ago so I couldn't tell you how things were then as I wasn't around to play at that point.
If anyone wants to team up online, my handle is "yogurt337," - The Boy changed my handle whilst I was away as he spent more time playing Rainbow 6 Siege and he didn't like people screaming "Dammit Carl!" and shooting him and I've honestly not bothered to change it back so as to not mess up his gig.