Holy crap, what?! Seriously, if mannequins are deemed too expensive, then there’s no hope for decorative thralls, either.
“Disappointing” is the most polite word I have for this. I knew Conan Exiles had tech issues, but not being able to have armor stands “for performance reasons” makes it sound like things are held together with bubblegum, spit, duct tape and boogers… 