I agree and disagree about this change. Sure the range could be better, but often i don't want to pickup potions immediately, because i have life leech or health regen. Having a small pickup-radius makes it possible for you to save potions for later.
I.e. for bosses i leave potions on the ground for later in the fight, when i need them, and rely on life leech/regen for as long as possible. Having a bigger pickup-radius could ruin this strategy.
Yes, there’s certainly a tactical element to the lower radius that we’d want to keep in tact. I’ll be advocating to change it from whatever it is right now where you have to stand nearly on top of it (let’s say 4 units for reference - it’s not) to something like 7-9.