Couldn't agree more. Unfortunately, I eventually had to accept that my machine just can't handle the increased load (it's below reqs for the game to begin with) so I've uninstalled.But you can pretty much live off bacon and eggs (yes, I unlocked that because I thought it was dumb it was locked to begin with).
Yeah, cutting down the tree only makes it shorter (because there's no branches for it to cling to I guess) and I've dug down to rock and the water keeps coming. If you look at this latest screenshot I think it's getting bigger. Notice the block of water way up in the sky. I don't think that was there before - lol!
Funny thing you say that, I wouldn't say the rain catchers was nearby as such but maybe within a 50 block radius from each spot. So would be the common thing as the 2nd water block in the sky didn't show up until some time after the 2nd rain catcher was placed. My thoughts though was something to do with them as never seen these issues before as never had used rain catchers previously.
Yeah, I think it's a bug related to those rain catchers. Mine is about 40 or 50 blocks away on the other side of the trader. I buried it in a hole 2 blocks down and 2 blocks wide with the top open (as suggested on this thread) in the middle of my small garden. I think that water has to go somewhere so it's just popping up randomly within 50 or so blocks. I thought from the beginning it might be related but your post pretty much cinches it I think.
