The thing that @#!*% me off about Ogres is they can see through walls. If I could do that it would be considered cheating. Should be the same for mobs.
How about a mod that chops down the entire tree and has items in the mod to process the wood. This would fit both camps, I think. Personally, I use Treecapitator for the very reason it was designed, chop trees and save time in the early game. When I spawn a new world I want to get to the good stuff and chopping down trees isn't what I want to spend time on. The game has various ways to easily do everything else so why not for this. Yeah, yeah, Axe of the Stream is a great item but it's not usable at the early game stage. If I knew how to code I'd build my mod suggestion. Actually, I'll just learn how to code and make it.