I have noticed that since the last patch the circle around character that hoovers up drops feels like it has shrunk, or like you say, Newton has more power than Hoover. I repeatedly now have to go back to get stuff if it falls quite close to me but not under my character. No, it hasn't always been that way. I've been here since first week of EA and the circle was always small, but now it is smaller. It's really annoying.