There's been a couple of major changes in the tree ecology since reset, and I'm wondering whether they reflect what the community wants or more reflect the desires of just a few.
1) Someone is working their way through Ix replacing spice plants with gas plants. Last I looked Groddle Ladder, Baby Steps and G. C. Way were 100% gas while Flipside was half and half. East and West Spice are still 100% spice, but overall Ix is now nearly 50% gas. I have no idea whether the person who is doing this intends to keep going with this transition or whether they are about done, thinking that Ix should be equally represented by gas and spice. Does anyone want to own up to being involved in this and share their rationale? While I have nothing against gas plants per se, Ix has always (at least as far back as I go) been spice, and, as a Glitch professional chef who consumes a tremendous amount of spice to make the meals that keep the miners mining, I have made nearly daily forays through Ix to gather the spice my cooking requires. I have to teleport in to do my gathering, and I am personally distressed to be able to gather only half as much spice per trip. What do others think?
2) My home is in Salatu, and (to the best of my knowledg) the heights of Salatu have always been bubble tree country. However, since the reset, there appear to be nothing but fruit and bean trees throughout the region. Since I didn't get back to Salatu for several days after reset, I don't know whether these trees were here at the start, were planted into patches, or were planted after killing off bubble trees. This issue is not nearly as serious as the Ix situation, but I personally feel the bubble tree is the natural denizen of the heights (as it was before reset), and, frankly, I find that fruit trees high in the mountains look positively bizarre. They would never survive in the thin, cold air. Your opinion?