We made it to the Hunter's Edge village and found 3 new vendors. Nothing of value to any members of our team. So we are killing everyone in the village including vendors - why not, the gear won't change.

Seriously, this issue with the vendors is really putting a damper on my love for this game.

I wish I could get somebody from Larian to explain if this is a bug or just how unlucky I am with the RNG, but no indication anywhere that this is a bug or expected behavior.