Being crushed by falling trees?

Interesting.
At this point, we don't know which way the tree is going to fall though.
* If we knew, we'd always stand of the way before starting chopping.
* If falling trees didn't hurt us, what difference would the direction it fell matter?

When cutting down a real tree, don't you cut a notch in one side in the direction you want the tree to fall, then chop on the other? Wonder if that could be implemented in the game? (Course, I wonder if we even need to....)

I totally think you should be hurt by falling or rolling trees.
The control you are talking about should be imprecise.

If chopped trees fall in a predictable and realistic way then fall damage would be a nice addition to the game. It would add one more flavor of realism and there is a bit of that in Rising World already. On the other hand, if tree fall cannot be modeled realistically then this would become a major frustration very quickly to players, especially for new players. Consider someone is frantically cutting down a tree in the dark because they are trying to build a shelter. In the real world the tree that he just chopped down would have rolled away from him, but this one does not and kills him. For some people that might be enough to quit playing.

Chopping a tree by hand gives you some control yes, but it is always somewhat unpredictable. And yeah it would be great if you could be crushed by a falling tree. It isn't just dangerous for you, think of your buddy standing close by and you can't tell him fast enough to move.... haha or the tree ends up falling on something you've built. But collisions like that might get too crazy to do. I could live without them. But they would be great fun!

I have to agree with the taking health damage upon tree chopping from the collapsing tree. Give it a more realistic feel to the game since we will eventually have to maintain eating and drinking

I have no problem with falling trees causing damage- to you, buildings, animals caught in the way, etc....IF, on the other hand, instead of random you have some control over which direction the tree falls. So:
* If trees fall in a random direction, they shouldn't cause any damage.
* If you can control the direction, they should. (Hey, if you fell a tree on to your house, you deserve the results!)

After some thought, tree damage should only happen on the players, possibly animals. No player made stuffs. IMO. Having control over the direction would be great but I don't see it happening. Nothing bad towards devs, just I think it would be to difficult to make it worth attempting. But I'm no coder.. maybe it's a simple thing.. haha

I agree, being in the path of a falling tree should cause damage.

very nice idea would love to see this in game