Gonna necro this thread a smidge, I also voted to change or at least incorporate -both- on some way.(if possible, idk, change of command line or something)
Because backpack not persisting through death, which myself being gone for 5 years from rust, didn't quite realize yet so when I was farming playtime hours (which MANY people do, full food/hunger and sit by pookies) didn't work. Lost my backpack. And store purchased items.
Old backpack was better for that one thing alone. Damn the quantity of I can't mark stuff safe from death whether it be because of crashes, bugs, whatever; it at least had the assurance of being safe in "oh shit" moments.