Random encounters

[Loss Leader]

Im a big fan of both 7.62 and e5 but one thing that bugs me is the ramped up difficulty of random battles on the world map. In e5 they were manageable enough (and far more avoidable in-map) but in 7.62 theyve ramped up the difficulty the numbers of enemies faced and critically having the approach from several positions. Its a real chore and I dont like quick saving around the map dodging these battles so I was wondering is there any way to maybe reduce the numbers of enemies faced on average in an encounter? facing 20+ automatically armed dudes from various angles is nigh impossible, reducing it would make it more fair and fun. I see the game seems to be highly moddable so is there anything that can be done?