This idea may have been bounced around before, not sure. I did a search of the forum but couldn't find anything pertaining to this. Anyways here goes...

How about, when a player discards an item from their inventory and they get the discard prompt, if they choose to discard the item they leave behind on the ground a small lootable junk pile that others may scavenge through.

The player made junk pile may hold various materials that were used to make up the discarded item, or on an extremely rare chance, the intact discarded item.

Tribes could set up communal junk piles for others to sift through in case they are not settled near an actual junk pile. The player made junk piles could be picked clean and disappear after a while. It seems like another thing that would add realism to the game and add another facet of player driven content. Just an idea, what do you all think... or has this been discussed before?