This. Tree on a screen means - lost focus. Game means - its not about gameplay, its about camera movement. Any change from gameplay to camera stuff could not overweight bonus of verticality. If its not possible to add verticality without loosing gameplay focus then do not add such a thing.
This should not be a problem in the end.
This is a mistake on our part (the ones who decorated the maps for PAX). Trees are supposed to fade exactly to avoid that problem. A missclick probably... Because I totally agree with you, a tree should never get in your way like that. This is horrible.
