#1 - Nov. 4, 2011, 3:28 p.m.
As of the latest patch (patch 5) some barrels are not dissapearing once broken. The ghosting barrels can still drop loot but they do not physically get smashed when destroyed and still look like an unbroken barrel. I have confirmed this happens on Barb, Sorc, and WD - haven't checked DH / Monk yet. To confirm, this is happening frequently but not on every single barrel.