I think it's just right. I mean, what more could I possibly want. I can and have literally sprinted across the entire map, without need for a break multiple times. I only get winded. I think I'll go report that as a bug. As a new spawn with yellow thirst, I can and have ran straight from Solnichney to the boat North of Berezino without needing water. That is skipping all loot and FIVE WELLS. Hunger never even made it onto my status screen. If somebody can't find a well or food in that amount of time, I think death suits them. I want to give the benefit of the doubt and say this is affecting "some" people, but I am more inclined to think they are exaggerating.