Well the barter system is crap, the cooldowns on crafting means selling armour is not really an option. Is anyone really going to spend an hour crafting metal mk 2 to sell it for a few thousand caps that have no use? Crafters can't produce enough to cover their own needs let alone anyone else's. As for this only helping high level players that isn't true, most humans have low health and are easy to kill when not in big groups. This would give a reason to actively look for human encounters since they usually cost more than you gain. Risking death for 20 xp and some shitty broken guns isn't really appealing. As for there being too many items in game, these armours will get used and lost to encounters so it should balance itself out since everyone uses armour. The reason there is tons of crap in game is because it is all crap. No one will ever want a mauser past lvl 3 so they build up places, same with the shotguns. All the low level weapons dropped are pretty much useless because anyone with high enough skill to repair can make better shit themselves.
