The 5 minute timer for despawning items is long overdue for an update, having not been changed since it was added in ***ALPHA*** 1.0.4, For 15 years we've had to deal with the incredibly unreasonable 5 minute timer to pick up our items after death. A lot of item recovery time is spent just searching for where the player died, you're lucky if you get the privilege of watching your items despawn in front of your eyes!
5 minutes is an incredibly unfair amount of time and so the game would greatly benefit from an increased timer. I feel like 30-60 minutes would be more reasonable. 30 at minimum. Some may say this "makes the game too easy" but there is a difference between a fun challenge and a stressful challenge. Stress is not fun. When was the last time you felt accomplished when recovering your stuff? You just pick up your items, sort your inventory and carry on with your day without a 2nd thought, where as losing your items can be incredibly frustrating. Losing your items if you fail to get back to them within 5 minutes is not fun in any measurable capacity, it's just stressful.
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