Quote Originally Posted by RicaRuin View Post
If you pick the statue, they'll just dismiss the idea because Hien is not the kind of person to be fond of such, and a NPC adds the lighthouse idea.

I had no issues with tearing down the old watchtower - heck, they have suffered who-knows-what from Garleans, they don't need a visual reminder of them for trauma.
Exactly this... totally agree.

To the OP, I also had no issue whatsoever with this and how the events played out. The reference to Hien was also justified because it really captured his main vein of character.