A lot of people might say, "If you don't like having all those things in your inventory, just don't loot them." But they have function within the game, and it FEELS bad (for some players, at least) to just NOT loot things which are potentially useful. It's like leaving money on the table.
I ended up shoveling off most of the food to my camp stash, but that's not really great either, because then your stash is clogged up with a million items that you will probably never use, but which it feels bad to just leave behind.
I couldn't agree more. I feel the same way about all the armors, weapons and other random stuff. I wish they could rebalance the whole world economy around more sensible things. In the early installations of the game I only ever picked up money, gems and the (rare) scrolls and put them in their respective container, selling duplicates. Armor and weapons had to be worth tons to be worth picking up, but here we are with daggers and ink pots that weigh nothing (and sell for next to nothing).
OnT: Impressive. I almost envy your dedication.