Doesnt sound fun - so endless grind for a savegame? Especially in a game like this - this game is about exploring and building - what would the point of permadeath be? People would just rush bosses and be done with it - just imagine building and collecting for a hundred hours just to have you savegame deleted because you went to the plains to soon etc.

What is stopping you from just playing the game like that yourself? There is a reason why almost nobody plays ironman mode in most games.

Thats one of the main things i dont understand - many people ask for permadeath etc. yet this is something you can do yourself in any game without any mods or game settings - die -> stop playing that save and delete it.