Server Wipe?

Trojanman · #1 04-22-2013, 05:39 PM

I'm not talking in the event of a server failure or any unforeseen catastrophe, I just mean will the server ever get a purposeful wipe?

I can already see without velious having been implemented that the server has gone through a few struggles that imbalanced its players by a large margin. I know that in some cases cheaters have gotten away with a lot up to this point and a lot of much appreciated effort has been put into putting a stop to it, but damage has been done.

To put it another way, how long can this server continue trying to capture a moment in time? I love the idea of p1999 and I know we all do, but there were not lvl 20s with rogue and clerics epics in that time as I remember. The economy of this game isn't designed to last 10 years without expansion packs or further growth, and there is no marketing done to reach out to new players except word of mouth. I just think a project like this only really works if it gets reset every 4 years or so.

This will surely be unpopular with all the regulars on this forum and all the hard-cores, but sometimes in the woods you need to light a fire so it can grow back better then ever. I've spent a great deal of time on this server and it would feel like a gutpunch to lose my characters, of course. But I would return feeling revitalized and better then ever.

Hit meh.

-Catherin- · #2 04-22-2013, 05:44 PM

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HeallunRumblebelly · #3 04-22-2013, 10:38 PM

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WIPE IT CLEAN CATHERIN. BACK TO THE FBSS CAMP FOR YOUUU.

Iznog · #4 04-22-2013, 05:45 PM

I don't think I'd play on a server I know gets reset over and over. Why work so hard to get everything taken away.

liveitup1216 · #5 04-22-2013, 11:13 PM

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I don't think I'd play on a server I know gets reset over and over. Why work so hard to get everything taken away.

All opinions aside, I don't get how this argument is still valid.

Nor the "People do not play when they feel their time can be reset on a whim."

It's been 3 years. There's no "over and over", there's no whim. It'd be a one time huzzah its velious time or whatever server wipe.

Not a single wipe in 3 years and you all think if we had one wipe Rogean and Nilbog would just mash their faces on the reset button once a month? Let's put some more thought into posts.

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Ele · #6 04-22-2013, 05:46 PM

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I don't. And let me be clear.. it'd be nice for most of the players and for me personally. It would allow low level zones to be re-explored, bugs previously undiscovered to be reported, and adds that initial rush feeling.

Resetting the server is a horrible idea, though. People do not play when they feel their time can be reset on a whim. Live servers don't do that and neither do we.

Trojanman · #7 04-22-2013, 06:08 PM

Thanks for that nilbog post, Ele. Hes probably right, people might not want to continue playing if a wipe was imminent.

Path of Exile took an interesting approach. Whenever they make a major change to balance or fundamentals in a patch they "move" all existing characters to a legacy server that can forever continue to play (under the new patch). This way the main server technically starts fresh and is unaffected by the imbalances caused by previous exploits, and older players who liked where they were and didn't want to lose out on their time invested could continue without interruption.

Edit: Spelling

SirAlvarex · #8 04-22-2013, 05:46 PM

If Catherin ever gets a Pre-Nerf Fungi Staff, then the time has come.

The time to start over shall begin.

The devs have already stated the server will never be wiped. They *might* start a new one waaaay down the road once Velious has been hammered to death. But that means the year 2020 would be the time to shoot for.

Pringles · #9 04-22-2013, 05:47 PM

Seems like the better idea would be to start a new server as a progression server. That way, those that want to start over can, and those that are happy here the way things are dont have to start over.

Trojanman · #10 04-22-2013, 05:59 PM

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Seems like the better idea would be to start a new server as a progression server. That way, those that want to start over can, and those that are happy here the way things are dont have to start over.

Then you are just displacing people. Now all of a sudden you have 2 low pop servers rather then one medium.