I agree. I honestly don’t see peoples problem with the save system. Then again, I adhere to a realistic in-game schedule. When night falls, I go to bed. Finding a bed isn’t hard. You either ride back to where you know you have one, go to an Inn, go to a bathhouse, or walk through the woods for five minutes until you come across a camp with beds. If you have to drop the game immediately for a real life emergency, use your Saviour Schnapps. I literally only use that as an emergency save system. And if you need more saviour schnapps and can’t afford it then brew some, it’s really easy to brew it at an Alchemy station.
And yes, the whole point of this system is to punish you for being an idiot. You might lose a bunch of progress if you tried to go Rambo on 8 dudes completely unprepared. That’s what you get for not being careful and thinking things through. If you’re realistic about things you won’t have a problem. Stop trying to fight the system and work with it. It’s not as hard as everyone thinks, it actually has a natural flow to it. In fact, it’s pretty easy.