Yes you can, but I mean that foliage cannot be used for water or building cords. So there is a time space, where you can build it.
Yeah I tried that game and gave up after 1h. It is still earlyearlyearly alpha with lots of functions. My impression there was that they concentrate too heavy on the mechanics than on the view and usability, otherwise stranded deep does it the other way around.
I read it and agree, but the the draw distances are more a major problem than this, when it comes to immersion. However, if there is a fix for this, then the Devs would fix it, but I guess it means also to rework all artwork, what could be really time intensive. And then fix all bugs on all platforms (Windows,Mac,Linux,Playstation,Xbox) again… 