[2019] Darkzone Change / Recommendation

Might the same result the OP is looking for be accomplished by making no change to Normalized DZ gear drops and adding the '+10 Gear Score' to gear found within the Occupied DZ?
How do you all feel about marginally stronger gear being among some of the - arguably - most varied and difficult content the game has to offer; other players?
How should the DZ be incentivized for all players?

Edited for typo.

Originally Posted by Natfrog
If you did this for PvP then you must do it for the hardest difficulty in PvE. If you start doing this and force PvE players back into the dark zones your game is going to bleed fans just as Div 1 did. PvE is where MOST of your player base is. Pvp was such a balancing mess in Div 1 you forgot about your PvE players and most jumped ship... ...This completely ruined PvE for the majority of fans as well. If you force players back into PvP who DO NOT WANT TO BE THERE then you will surely fail yet again to appease a select few players that want to do nothing but gank other players.

Would you think my previous statement more reasonable if it was, instead:

How do you all feel about stronger gear being among some of the most difficult content the game has to offer; Occupied DZ for PvP and Raids for PvE?

(See Labridor's comment)
If so then I think we're mostly on the same page. If not, I'd love to hear more of your thoughts.

Originally Posted by moesuvious
In other words, at some point in time, the decision has already been made that the occupied DZ will be giving out gear that is +10 compared to other available gear

Originally Posted by KrazieFox
" … arguably - most varied and difficult content …" shooting other players in the back (or in the head from afar with a sniper rifle) is NOT difficult … these player killers / agents that are traitors similar to Aaron Keener. Is Aaron Keener seen as a 'hero' for murdering his fellow agents? Should he be held high and praised? Should we reward Aaron Keener with better gear for his murderous crimes?

+10 Gear Score locked behind pvp is just so wrong. I can honestly say the idea that a Ubisoft employee suggested this sickens me.

Sorry for the confusion, I should clarify that I am posing these hypotheticals as a way of driving discussion, gauging how you all feel about certain topics, and otherwise restating other things I've seen on this thread and elsewhere.
My personal opinion and preference is a bit more complicated.

Hope this helps clear things up a bit.