Is there going to be a update for water buckets

[nevir]

Buckets are hard to get right (particularly to prevent them from being used as a griefing mechanism):

@james

We would really like to expose the fluids for all players but we’re concerned that they could be the weapon of choice for unfriendly players. Below are a few thoughts - but at the moment we don’t have the perfect answer.

1. Only allow placing fluids in your own beacon: the problem would be that the fluid could flow out of your beacon and into another player’s beacon. Maybe (as suggested) the fluid would need to stop flowing at the border, but what if you extend the beacon after this - does the fluid automatically start flowing again? What happens if you remove your beacon?

2. Fluids can’t be placed manually and players need to manipulate them from a natural source. But again what is to stop an unfriendly player manipulating the fluid into a near beacon?

3. Make the ability to harvest and place fluids hard to unlock. Are players who have invested considerable time into Boundless are more likely to be good citizens?

Any other ideas? We don’t have a safe solution yet…

References and past ideas on this:

• Fluid system (again)
• Water, lava, and griefing
• Water, Fluid System, Farming and Weather