I'm sure modders may find some uses for that blow-up-everything feature, it will sure lead to lots of swearing.
For the original proposal, I've been thinking - as I'm relatively inexperienced player, my preferences doesn't have to reflect what is considered useful for you folks. In other words, I think it would be interesting to hear who (if someone?) would actually use this feature, so we could wrap this up.
And no problem Meridian, I'm teased about your encounter with friendly huggers myself!