Is there a way to destroy water barrels or to remove them. Players used them to block house placement and they serve no real purpose in the landscapes, except to be an eyesore. I tried using empty water pitchers but they just fill up and the water remains in the barrel. It would be nice if we could just axe them and they would disappear. Just curious.
It would indeed be nice if EA/Mythic could make water barrels axeable. Issues remain, however, with water barrels being used for "roleplay" purposes and in order to direct players to some well-known establishment or town.
I do feel that EA/Mythic should make it possible for these establishments to hang up or erect more or less permanent signage in a public place, instead of creating water barrel lines which don't really look all that great anyway.
A proposal therefore comes to mind: EA/Mythic creates a chain-style quest which gives the person doing it a means to erect and create customized player signage - of which the player can choose a custom text and a custom color - which has an attached cost of a provisional amount of gold or items that must be given in exchange for keeping it there.
EA/Mythic Game Masters will automatically be called on to approve of the sign's text before it is erected or allowed to be publicly visible. The player can choose the location, text, and color, but it will be placed only after a Game Master has checked and approved it's text. This would allow EA/Mythic to adopt a preemptive stance on signage, either be polite and serious or don't bother because they know who's creating the signage and can action problem accounts - if required.