lol OP - what a pussy.
Permadeath is what drew me to this game!
Typical "50 H@RDC0R3 L33T" douchebag. It's a waste of time playing if you lose all your items when you (inevitably) die. What's the point in playing? The only thing that shows character progression is your skills. Leave that to DayZ, not an MMORPG.
I count "losing all items on death" as permadeath. I'd rather lose some of my skill points on death than lose my gear. I wish it were optional. If you didn't lose your gear on death, or if you only lost all your ammunition, stimpacks, chems, money, etc. then I would LOVE to play this game 24/7. Seriously, if you lost everything but your weapons and armor I would play this game SO much.
Look, it's not my game so I don't make the decisions. I didn't say the game sucks, I just said it's not for me. But at the very least, the loss of items should be listed in the wiki under "Death".