I don't really have a problem with #4, at least without more information. Dude died. That's why some classes get locate object. And they did't pick him clean (to my knowledge).

#3 should be okay, as long as it's not all the character ever talks about (assuming he's not sphere greed or envy).

#1 is lame, hands down. Being somewhat privy to the characters that were online during this little fiasco, retrieving would have been extremely tough. Halistanis is smart enough to realize that. To paint Outlander enemies as "wimps" for not walking into a death trap is...meh.

#2 is lame in the sense that everything was looted, but I don't have a problem with the fact that it involved a gang. Outlanders aren't particularly honorable. Should some of them have just stood there out of combat in order to make it "more fair"?