I’ve been in this situation: I had to move away for work and there was the possibility I wouldn’t be able to connect for something like 10-15 days, until connection got enabled in my new house.
So I’ve asked to Support guys to freeze Decay Timer for my account for 10-15 days, as there was this possibility and I didn’t want to lose everything (it’s about 1 year of “work” gathering resources and thralls).
Their answer is that Decay Timers are global and it’s not possible to halt it for a single player.
Luckily that possiblity didn’t happen and I had my connection enabled in time, but I thought: what if not ?
Also, how many people have been in this situation ?
Now I’m not a fan of premium stuff, but I would have paid to keep my stuff from decaying.
I’m not suggesting something that would totally freeze decay timers (that would make servers unplayable).
I’m suggesting to add a function that will freeze decay timer for player’s Buildings and Thralls the shortest between: 20/30 days from the activation or his next login.
This way this function has to be enabled everytime that player logs (maybe paying every time) and if he doesn’t log in 20-30 days, his stuff still decays.