Hmmm, I see where your coming from but that's the point. Water is very important but most players on the server farm blocks that need water to grow. To regulate the amount of farms there were I would think Andrew make it a feature I'm purpose. 1. Because it's such a money maker 2. Regulate farms 3. Because it's a big part of the server and taking it away as a feature generates a ton of money for the server.

So sorry, -1

 

-1

 

Water is a feature that will, if available to everyone, be used as a griefing tool en masse.
Before it was a donation feature it was a staff only thing because of that reason. People who pay money for something are less likely to abuse it.

Very closeminded of you. Are you saying a donator can't have a good argument when it's about a donation feature?

 

Personally I haven't donated to the server with my own money yet and have solely bought from users using ECD (in-game currency). Yes it's hard but there are plenty of ways to gain access to the plethora of farms already on the server, getting ~90,000 ECD to buy the Water donation feature or hiring someone with the feature to use it on your farm. As you said, yes, placing water is a very important aspect of minecraft. By making common things like water and lava usage a donation feature, it adds a new service players can provide other players. It makes the game a lot more difficult starting out which is what I personally would want out of a "hardcore economy server".

 

Isn't exactly expensive to buy placements for...

 

-1 For multiple reasons stated above.

 

If you are ever in need of a water placement, just ask in Trade, or even better: Donate for it.

 

I think the reason water is needed to be bought as a feature is to prevent grief, if I'm not mistaken. Also, I would like a $15 credit for that. Overall, this will not happen. -1