I agree, players should not be able to do this indefinitely. I understand needing to go on vacation or wanting to take a limited hiatus from the game.
But doing this forever? There’s no good justification for that. Yes, those who build things like these invest a hell of a lot of time into that. I know, I’m primarily a builder myself. At some point, though, you have to realize that you’re occupying resources on a shared server, denying them to others while not using them yourself. That’s just not okay.
I hope Funcom eventually introduces some kind of upkeep system that’s flexible enough to let people build big builds and take time off, but powerful enough to provide counterbalance for people who like to build without limits and then just squat on what they built without playing.
If you’re convinced that these builds affect the server performance, you have an option of reporting them via Zendesk, for breaking the official server rules:
However, if you do that, bear in mind that you would be somewhat responsible for someone else’s base being wiped by Funcom. If it’s possible to resolve these matters through conversation, that might be better. On the other hand, if conversation doesn’t work and these builds really do bog the server down, then it might be better for the server community to have Funcom step in and remove them.