You do realize that many weapons in third world countries are poorly maintained and thats why they jam, right? Likewise if people have been expending ammo for 5 minutes then I would expect them to have little or none left when you go to loot their corpse. What you need is a non-realism mode or lower difficulty. I thought the little touches like that were what set Far Cry 2 apart from any other shooter on the market.

It's actually the opposite of lazy, it takes a lot more work in development. As I said, I think what you need is a different type of shooter, Far Cry 2 wasn't a shooter that featured streamlined gameplay mechanics.