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Gameplay => General Discussion => Topic started by: Gineave on July 08, 2006, 03:58:40 pm

Title: What wipe?
Post by: Gineave on July 08, 2006, 03:58:40 pm
I have read several fourms now about character wipes!!! All i want to know if there will be one and if there is will it be mandatory. If there is then thats is saing i wasted 6 months on budiling my character (Gineave). So will some on please hep me out here :o.
Title: Re: What wipe?
Post by: Alfonso Knaf on July 08, 2006, 04:05:41 pm
There will be several, some in the near, some in the distant future and well its not mandatory. The goal of the wipes is to balance the game again, since there are new feautures implemented, exploits deleted etc.
Title: Re: What wipe?
Post by: Drey on July 08, 2006, 04:11:22 pm
I have read several fourms now about character wipes!!! All i want to know if there will be one and if there is will it be mandatory. If there is then thats is saing i wasted 6 months on budiling my character (Gineave). So will some on please hep me out here :o.

Ok, your character will be excluded.
Title: Re: What wipe?
Post by: Gineave on July 08, 2006, 04:38:56 pm
really thank you thank you thank you  :) \\o// :thumbup:

Edited to remove excessive smileys. --Karyuu
Title: Re: What wipe?
Post by: Robinmagus on July 08, 2006, 05:31:03 pm
I think he was joking :P Don't get too happy. Characters will be wiped alot. It's an alpha. And I doubt any of the devs will bother excluding anyone. That's "unfair" to the other power-levelers.

Drey: Don't give em too much hope.

EDIT: typos
Title: Re: What wipe?
Post by: zorbels on July 08, 2006, 05:33:32 pm
I spent a year on my character, and I don't consider it a waste. Unless all you do is come into the game and power level. Then yes what a waste indeed. If you really believe your character will be spared, you should really think about that. ::) Because no ones will, and if you have read the wipe threads like you claim, you will know why.
Title: Re: What wipe?
Post by: Delsabor Nash on July 08, 2006, 05:50:11 pm
Its no big deal really. Your character is being deleted, jsut like EVERYONE elses. It gives a chance for a fresh start. We are testers after all. If you dont like the wipe, dont play for a few years until the final version is out. :P
Title: Re: What wipe?
Post by: Gineave on July 08, 2006, 05:55:48 pm
you guys really know how to make a person feel good  :( :'(

Edited to remove excessive smileys. --Karyuu
Title: Re: What wipe?
Post by: zorbels on July 08, 2006, 06:03:14 pm
 ::| We aren't here to make you feel good. We were here to answer your question. Why in gods name would you think out of the thousands of characters only yours would be spared? That was silliness.
Title: Re: What wipe?
Post by: Imshi on July 08, 2006, 06:10:29 pm
A wipe is long overdue in my opinion. Recently created characters are running around with combat skills in the hundreds. Fun to experiment with but not to test this kind of project. Don't get me wrong, I like my characters to develop their skills, but much more important is character immersion. To develop a credible character in an incredible world is a wonderful experience. What do we lose in a total wipe......some time, doing something we have enjoyed. Weapon and item loss is unimportant, the world contains an infinite possible number of Silverweaves, sometime soon we may create our own Iron weapons. The most important thing is the character.Save your description and generate another.[Take some screenshots of your character, target.... enter command /targetinfo .... enter command /screenshot .... copy or move from PS screenshots folder to place of choice]
Some people may not return, at least not right away. Spend some time now playing with and talking to your friends and enemies. The RP opportunities for this event are immense. How to explain the new start: A plague that lays us low, return of the Darkness in force, poisoned by an enemy, an as yet unexplained act of god or gods.This should be seen as a marvellous opportunity to be born again in a new world.
Title: Re: What wipe?
Post by: Robinmagus on July 08, 2006, 06:15:24 pm
Side note: The smilies are annoying. Use them appropriately. As in don't repeat them 5645645 times.
Title: Re: What wipe?
Post by: Gineave on July 08, 2006, 06:19:03 pm
ok i will and thanks guys you have made me think
Title: Re: What wipe?
Post by: Cyl on July 08, 2006, 06:28:47 pm
::| We aren't here to make you feel good. We were here to answer your question. Why in gods name would you think out of the thousands of characters only yours would be spared? That was silliness.

Hard words out of Zorbels mouth, ..., I lived to see this day comeing.
Title: Re: What wipe?
Post by: Karyuu on July 08, 2006, 07:10:06 pm
No more threads about the wipe please. There is a thread in the Rules and Announcements section with all the information I can give you.