Do weapons fall through the ground/despawn in this game?

I feel like every timeni finish up a fight when i got back to the first two or so enemies i killed, that had swords, their weapons are no where to be found. Now i get it they wanted to have realism with the weapons actualky dropping out of peoples hands, and that is great, but if they are falling through the ground as a result, then there is an issue. Now it is possible that for some i have just somehow missed them (even though i walked all around the body looking on the ground), but some seem like the weapons fele in nice open spots like on a road/path and then suddenly the weapons are gone.

Is anyone else experiencing this?

Do you have allies or passerbys around you nearby? If an item is dropped, NPCs will tend to pick them up without you knowing.

Once I had to beat up a charcoal burner because he had the audacity to pick up a sword dropped by a bunch of cumans charging into me, the nerve. And somehow the sword is considered stolen, argh.

Only one around was my horse so unless it can pick stuff up, nothing should have been picked up randomly.

They did for me if I moved far enough away (which often happened when I was fighting multiple guys at once) and it actually made a quest impossible to complete for me once.

But with version 1.2.5, I have not had this issue so I assumed it was something they fixed.

Are you on PC or xbox or playstation? Technically each could be on a different version of the game. 1.2 only just recently came out for xbox, but i think PC had it almost day one. I am on xbox so if you are on something else i may be just experiencing an issue that has been fixed for some and will be fixed for me soon (kind of hoping that it the case, not getting their swords is really annoying).

The only time I can’t find them is when they slide/roll down a hill into ground clutter.

I’m on PC and it seems the issue so far seems to have been addressed.