As in almost every PvP game you get things like this, that the community will find to use as tactic.

Chop down all the trees in your enemies area.
Pave over their junk piles (I'm betting you haven't had this yet).

Numerous other things that can be done. And yes, either it's intended, which I believe it is partially intended, or not realized the full extent of what can happen. In either case, you can just wait for clarification of the intent, or for a fix. Other than that, additional debate probably won't serve much more purpose.