5 Great Reasons to Wipe it Clean

[Hirbow]

Originally Posted by Splitquick [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Start a collection to spin up a new blue server... I'd probably toss $100 in right off the bat. :P

ditto - me too

[Bantam 1]

Originally Posted by Samoht [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

no.

wiping is a terrible idea. you would alienate a large majority of your player-base. a roll-back would do the same thing. people have made a lot of progress and put in more effort despite the DDOS. if anything, accomplishments are more rewarding for having done it in spite of the lag.

starting a new server would just fragment the population, making the game worse. only the hard-cores and the just-started would move, leaving only the casuals with no interest in restarting on the existing server.

if this game were wiped or if the player-base were segmented, i would have no reason to continue playing here. i have such a huge back log of games accumulated on steam, some of which i've never played. the new borderlands 2 DLC dropped just a few weeks ago. shadowrun goes live today. maybe i'll finally play deep space or fallen enchantress. i don't have all champs unlocked in league of legends. has anybody heard about eq next?

the title of this thread is misleading. OP actually gives zero good reasons to wipe.

He gave about 4 truthfully. You can turn around your comment - the only people who want the server not to be touched are ones that have invested huge amounts of time on it and are thus biased.

Something is wrong when there's a guy selling a 10 pack of fungi tunics. Also when people are trying to raise the prices by purely monopolizing camps.

[Fountree]

Originally Posted by Bantam 1 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

the only people who want the server not to be touched are ones that have invested huge amounts of time on it and are thus biased.

Add nilbog to that list. I've heard it straight from him when asked about a wipe. You mad?

[Splitquick]

Originally Posted by Fountree [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Add nilbog to that list. I've heard it straight from him when asked about a wipe. You mad?

No one is really on the suggestion of a wipe anymore. So no, no one is mad.

We've moved on to the suggestion of a fresh server. :P

[nov072008]

I mean really how hard would it be to create a a table called Item_origin to create a relationship with the Items table. So Basically anytime an item drops from a mob, it creates a new unique id within Item_origin which also contains columns: Item_origin.timestamp, Item_origin.mobID, Item_origin.charID,Item_origin.itemID

From that point you could simply query:

select * from Item_origin where id not in (select item.ItemOriginID from Item)


So anytime an item drops from a mob a new record is created. If an item is duped, that record would not be present in both tables.

The kicker to this, is that you could only do this on a NEW server in order for it to work. You could technically do that for an existing server, but for any items that dropped before the Database change, you would only have partial information. Basically a link between the character and the item, which would still stop further duping.

Anyways my two cents and probably not the best thread for this, but whatever I'm lazy.

[Splorf22]

Originally Posted by moran

the only people who want the server not to be touched are ones that have invested huge amounts of time on it and are thus biased

THE SERVER WILL NEVER BE WIPED BECAUSE NO ONE WANTS TO PLAY ON AN EVERQUEST SERVER WHERE THE STAFF DELETES YOUR CHARACTERS ON A WHIM.

Has it occurred to you that due to the overall timesink nature of the game this applies to literally everyone who has played here more than 3 months?

[Splitquick]

Originally Posted by Splorf22 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

THE SERVER WILL NEVER BE WIPED BECAUSE NO ONE WANTS TO PLAY ON AN EVERQUEST SERVER WHERE THE STAFF DELETES YOUR CHARACTERS ON A WHIM.

Has it occurred to you that due to the overall timesink nature of the game this applies to literally everyone who has played here more than 3 months?

We get that everyone is too attached to their chars to endorse a wipe.

Thus the clamoring for a fresh server.

[Lyra]

A better question would be "why wouldn't they just pull the plug and say good-bye"?

People seem to forget this is a hobby. I highly doubt the "donations" cover more than operating costs.

Rogean may have lost some interest over a year ago. Nilbog still seems interested, but at what point does he decide the cons are outweighing the pros?

People criticize the GM's, but I can't imagine anyone posting in this thread putting up with this crap and not pulling the plug.... including me.

My point? SHUT THE FUCK UP

[Splorf22]

Originally Posted by Splitquick [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

We get that everyone is too attached to their chars to endorse a wipe.

Utter reading comprehension fail.

[Swish]

Originally Posted by Splitquick [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

No one is really on the suggestion of a wipe anymore. So no, no one is mad.

We've moved on to the suggestion of a fresh server. :P

I'd give the old server less than a week before it dropped below red's population if a new server was made.