I think there is a bit of confusion on the topic of stealing vs despawning.
The reason why we don't allow people to despawn camps is because players will find a camp and despawn the contents just so the camp owners will be angry. They do it for the laughs. On a private shard, CLE is a bit unrealistic with degradation timers. We want you to be able to set up a camp and have a survival experience without someone ruining your hard work for the lulz.
A common quesiton I get is: how can I steal someones barrel or tent without despawning the contents?
There is a bit of a grey area so let's discuss...
If you find a camp and see a barrel or tent thats full of items...you can't be expected to protect those items via moving them to additional storage.
Allowed Example
- find a barrel
- dump the barrels contents
- steal the barrel
- bring the barrel to your respective camp
- return to the camp to rinse/repeat
- find a camp
- dump the entire camps contents
- take persistent storage
- bring persistent storage to new location
- return to take additional persistent storage containers
I hope this clears up any confusion about stealing and despawning. If you have any further questions, feel free to respond here. Thank you for your time!