The well on this atty, or at least the original, was by design as it was intended as a bottom fed atty first and a dripped second. On a BF device there is no need for a drip well because the intended use of a bottom feeder is fresh juice on demand, unlike a dripper.
In a dripper, the juice just sets in the well and cooks while being vaped and the juice breaks down from that and loses flavor and density. It also has more of a tendency of being more of a "leaker" than the bottom fed version because when you squonk it, the excess juice returns to the bottle for the next squonk of freshness...
