Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-25931200-20150422144558/@comment-27723099-20150422145345

I don't think the LoS is taken into account for that. I would always halt them 50 blocks away before cutting down a tree.

I think fire resistance is, in the right circumstances, very useful. Lava is a powerful defensive weapon in PvP, and if you accidentally fell into lava, it's faster to drink a draught that you have in the hotbar then to swim out.