Kusagai

It would also be nice to be able to chat at a much further distance. I have noticed that if you are too far away from other people your chat does not reach them.

Same thing happens to me, but sometimes it does persist through death other times it does not. I can't seem to pinpoint the exact way it persists or deletes map progress.

This would be amazing to have, I see lots of outfits craft-able but the incentive to do so is practically 0 for regular explore multiplayer. I understand in other modes people could role play different characters with them, but for regular explore mode its a death sentence to wear anything other than armors when exploring.