I agree something needs to be done, but I'm not sure local population scaling would work, there could be 50 people in the area and none of them want to help making it impossible to fight. Imagine a popular zone like Mor Dhona, or North shroud where the entrance to Coil 2 is. I've seen 50 people standing around these areas some nights, doesnt mean they are there to fight the NM spawn.

maybe some sort of dynamic scaling based on the immediate area like within the range of his combat zone? where it scales HP / attacks immediately as soon as someone engages? I dunno if thats even possible. really tho the only way to effectively change it at this point is to put a cap on what you can earn per week.