1 and 2 are on ok, I have no objections nor any passion towards it being a thing (I never put stuff in rucksacks)

Yet 3 is kind of a no given that the point of Divinity: Original Sin is it removes the sort of hand holding that has been saturating the market... giving a sort of refreshing take.

Even a "It is kind of here" is a bit too much and is something MMOs have done to annoying degrees.

Then again my memory is amazing and terrible at the same time...

So how about as an alternative... If you find out what a location is... It is labled as such on the map? So the church is labled.

So when you read a quest that says "north of the church" you can just find the church and go there.