The current rules are, if you have been inactive for 3 months, with less than a days playtime, bam, claims get deleted. Also, they get deleted if they are blocking the expansion of someone’s base, or if they are solely there to annoy you. In all other instances, they remain.
Although those requirements end up leaving a ton of inactive player’s claims laying around the map, preventing people from building and just making the world look ugly…especially in the area near cove. Have you taken a look at that general area? It’s a dump. Why? Well, because of these rules…they’re a bit broken. I agree with Ethan, if the person just suddenly disappears with no warning at all? Delete the claims after a few months. There should be a thread on the server where you can post and leave a notice that you’ll be away for a certain length of time.
