Quote Originally Posted by ko_ View Post
I mean in the OP case it is his fault. This is entirely his fault. He's is not blameless in this case at all. I'm not saying SE is blameless but I'm sick of people throwing AL kinds of care away cause - SE is evil and I'm mad so they ruined EVERYTHING- thought process. At some point we as players HAVE to own up to our own mistakes. And this is one of those cases where OP is at fault. And YES it's cause the imformation IS out there. IT DOES exist and because it does and he's the only person in this thread and maybe the whole game who didn't know about demo timeers when he's been playing for over a 1000 DAYS? THAT is what I was debating cause it doesn't make sense. And no amount of telling me his excuses will make it make sense. See myt sonic example on why. But thats why I keptt saying JUST cause I believe SE needs better systems does NOT mean I blieve op is not at fault cause he IS. Even with everything in place.. all he had to do was google. And until SE changes something yes you going to be expected to go out of game to get your info otherwise shame on you.
When we play this game, we do not sign a waiver stating that we will search out all producer notes, live letters, patch notes, etc. It is not the responsibility of a player to actively search for information outside of the game that they play. If the game is not providing sufficient information in-game, that is a failing of the developers.

Yes, of course you can learn far more by doing outside research, but the fact of the matter is that it is not a requirement to play this game. SE's inability to properly warn players in-game of the demolition / reclamation process is entirely on their hands. This is the only content that you can lose permanently, and they do a horrible job of letting you know that. Did you see that screenshot I posted above? If I somehow did not know about the demolition process, what exactly am I going to learn from that screen?

This thread, if nothing else, will hopefully open SE's eyes to the fact that they need to improve on this particular issue. As others have mentioned, they have obnoxious pop-ups for far less important things (e.g. achievements, which you can't even hide..). There is really no excuse for them to not be more diligent on the housing notifications.