Wouldn't surprise me if this is common

Sounds like OP is mad that he didnt get bad item

While I'm sure you are right and people using remote desktop software, there are just as many that are just forcing ld and having a friend log in. Why not at least prevent those? The whole "we cant stop all of it, so we wont stop any of it" mentality would be like cops saying "we cant catch all the bad drivers and speeders, so were no longer enforcing any moving violations". Its just silly logic.
In this instance, any amount is better than none.

definitely needs a time to engage timer so you dont have lowbies/people who cant kill it taking it hostage

then its fine

the rarer than live drop rates should be fixed too of course

manastone is the only one that's off that I can think of

jboot seem just right tbh

rubi bp i got BURNED on but i think its about right

You might not be able to use an in-game mechanic like faction for the valid reasons you stated, but they can easily add a kill counter, or afk check counter, or time counter or whatever, to their list database. Whatever flavor counter you want to add to address the concerns people have for ensuring active participation at the camp, the point is to modify the list sorting so your spot in the list would reflect your total cumulative time spent at the camp not just time spent in the current session.