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If this board was devoid of these fucks who start shit up because they're bored we could have an actual discussion about such matters.

Everything you mentioned is inconsequential. The game itself pretends that all of this is worth considering but it doesn't have the balls to make any of it a gameplay reality. It's not PR lies from outside the game, the tooltips, the NPCs tell the player to be careful and equip the right item for the right situation yet a player who isn't equipped properly must not be interdicted or even inconvenienced much. DS has done something rare and unique: pretentious gameplay. It pretends to be what it's not and that's what pretentious means.
It's videogame magic just like cinema has its magic tricks, DS is a magician's show where nothing is real and everything relies on the spectator getting dumb for a while and falling for the lies. So please do equip this thermal pad it'll keep you warm and boost your delivery in the snow.
It is best not to play Death Stranding too much.

I understand you and your enemies are at war so it's all just argumentative ammo. This fight is pointless. I am the weapons' manufacturer and i've implemented small bombs inside each gun used to arm this conflict, die warriors and give my name to the devil for his paperwork.