Signed up for an account just now to say that I fully agree with all of the QoL/design arguments after having player for a few hours now.
Hopefully parroting your thoughts will give more visibility to the these items as I think they are REALLY important for Obsidian to nail down before doing anything else. If the core aspects of the game are not enjoyable/smooth then it's really going to make simply exploring the world a hassle. Which