Engine exhaust insta destroys anything it touches?

[abowl]

Have anyone else noticed this lately? Is this working as intended?

[Corw]

So I guess you don't bother with patch notes and all other sources of information?

[sal_vager]

Moved to Gameplay Q's, and please see here.

[abowl]

I am asuming i have this silent patch since i play KSP via steam. Yet the issue is still there. It would be great if any of you could clarify wether it is a bug or working as intended.

[Alshain]

It's not an issue, it is intended. Fire destroys things. The further you are from it, the less impact it will have. So, when you stage, put you engine separate from the decoupler in the staging and wait a bit for it to separate like a real rocket would.... or don't this is Kerbal Space Program. Unless you are playing with Stage Recovery, it doesn't really hurt anything to have a spent stage blow up.