It’s possible. I’m also surprised more people aren’t Talking about this problem. I think random encounters fills out the game nicely.
Btw the 1.25 and 1.3 patch, was there any update for PC I could have missed? I took a couple days off prior to the 1.3 patch. Maybe another patch caused the issue. Or, KCD decided to make these encounters more rare. But after 12 hours of the 1.3 release, I’ve had none. By wandering or fast traveling.