I apreciate your answer about the log spikes, now I understand it a bit more, but I'm still thinking they are needed for early game if you aren't an experienced player, and I don't think people care that much about the animations of zombies on the spikes. Another idea could be that it was...
"Dark StarvenHearst Falls" ok that was a brilliant answer xD.
Your point is right the game have a good base for modders to create something different.
The only thing I still don't get is why you removed regular spikes, make them harder to craft, or nerf them to make less damage, but spikes are...
Maybe someone already said this, but here are some simple concepts (always in my personal opinion):
Why don't you take ideas from the best Mods? The Mod Ravenhearst in A17 is far better than the Vanilla game, it have a lot of good ideas on it, and the progression system makes you wanna keep...