Originally posted by PhotriusPyrelus:

I don't want to cheat, it's not about getting the stuff back, it's about bad game design. If there's not going to be a reasonable way to retrieve items from deep water, then why don't all items float? And don't give me the realism argument. We grow crops in 2 days, and trees in a week, there's no seasons, and magic is very real. The game is ridiculously unrealistic in so many other ways, floating nails isn't going to be killing anyone's "immersion".

EDIT: Oh, and I can have a cargo container loaded with over 1000 pounds of metal, and that'll float. So don't tell me "muh realism" for sinking nails.

Not everything has to be convenient and not all things you don't agree with is bad game design.

Can you make a convincing argument for why some things shouldn't sink - beyond the minor inconvenience for you? I'm playing the same game and for me it's a game mechanic as any other things. Some things sink - meaning I need to take that into account. If I want all the loot from a sea serpent - then I need to work for it a bit more deliberately - aka 'good game design'.