Yeah, I know this has been mentioned before but seriously…
Sometimes people want to go on a vacation, and they can’t drag a PC or a console around with them when they do. There needs to be a mechanic that will allow us to do so without sacrificing all of our in-game progress.
What I suggest is to be able to put your account on hold for up to a week. This would stop your decay timers and allow you to step away from your digital life for more than a few days. The “hold” status would stop if you log in before the time us up, or at the end of the hold period. The hold status would only be able to be activated for an account once every 3 months to avoid abuse.
If you’re in a clan with multiple members you wouldn’t need this function, but if you plaly solo this can be a life saver. Nobody want’s to have to choose between taking time away to, say, visit a sick family member and a video game. And at the same time we don’t want to lose months or even years of in-game progress.