The Demolition Timers Need to Be Clearer for Peace of Mind

[Penthea]

I have read yet another post on reddit about a player who lost their house as a result of a malfunctioning demolition timer. These demolition bug rumours are very alarming considering the issue regarding emails not being sent to players notifying them of demolition has remained unfixed for months.

Like any other home owner the recent rise of these sort of posts is worrying me greatly. Even more so because I am a fc master with a house the entire fc loves.

Part of the issue is the demolition timer being invisible until the house is close to the deadline. Some players are concerned that due to the malfunction of the timer, it won't always display when it randomly decides the deadline to reset it is near. If the timer was permanently visible this specific worry would lessen greatly. This information is already in the game. It would not be difficult for SE to make it permanently visible.

Additionally the timers window should make it abundantly clear when the demolition timer has been paused on the data centre. Again this information is already in the game, so it's not much work for SE to make it visible to players.

These two changes would lend greatly to peace of mind for players worrying about their houses.

I cannot fathom why SE choose to hide the demolition timer up to a certain point, and why we are never told in-game about a demolition pause. I am not sure what they gain from this other than our irritation.

EDIT: Additionally it is very misleading to have the timer invisible up to a certain point. I have informed many very confused players that it's intentionally invisible until the house is close to demolition. Having it invisible can lead players to think they're looking in the wrong place, their ui is bugged or there is no timer at all.