With the new changes to item decay, as of this mornings update, there is going to be a lot of hurt feelings unless players all ready had everything stored in bags.
I had not been logged into the game for an hour before all the bags in my camp disappeared. We lost a lot of gear because of this. Flax stem that could not be placed into a storage container that had 300 space. Iron ingots, bars will go into them, that are unable to be stored inside containers. Tools, stacks of bars, mass amount of crafting materials, etc that we had been saving up for a large product.
This was from a small 2 person settlement. Imagine what the large settlements may have lost at this point.
To say its painfull at this point is an understatement.
/edit. After continued testing to see what can and cannot be stored in a crate or barrel. Flax stems, wooden boards, building logs, ingots of iron and copper, glass blower kit list will continue as I test further.
Ingots and glass blower kits can fit in chests.
Flax will fit into a wardrobe.
/edit loot bag decay seems to be about 1 hour real time. Will try and get an exact number later for it.