Characters Getting Wiped?

[AJIce]

I started this game in March and someone told me that they were going to wipe the characters soon.  Now in May, they stil haven\'t.  What timeline exactly are we looking out?  A few days, weeks, months, years, decadeds more?  Just curious, because the game sounds cool.  Also, I have heard the game is still in Pre-Alpha stage.  Is this the case?  How long do you guys think it will be until it is in a final stage?

[fireofsoul]

MB was Pre-Alpha, it is at open beta stage now.
The devs want to be sure that they will never have to do a wipe again. It will be \'Soon\' (c)

[AJIce]

Ok, thanks.  So, do you have any idea when the final \"wipe\" and end of the open Beta will take place in terms of weeks or months?

[AJIce]

oh yah, what is the difference between open beta and beta?  Isn\'t beta just addind the finishing touches?

[fireofsoul]

Well.. We are at Version .3.010, and this was only released 4-5 months ago, so it may be some time, no dates on either

[MaidenIndigo]

Just a minor thing: according to PS\'s SourceForge page, CB is still pre-alpha.  I read somewhere on these forums that when 0.3.010 finally becomes 1.0.000, it will then be beta...or alpha.  I forget.  Unless everyone has been dragging around the \"pre-alpha\" title for no good reason.
MB was also open pre-alpha because I played it briefly and there were no player restrictions unlike a closed test where you have to apply to be a tester.

And as for the wipe, the questing system is still rather buggy (hence its current absence from the game) and few of the core skills exist yet.  I have a feeling when the developers finally work out the bugs to a point they feel is acceptable and introduce new skills, there will be a bit of a balancing phase to make sure all of the skills have equal weaknesses and strengths.  After they feel things are satisfactorily balanced, then the character wipe will occur.

This is just my own speculation, however, so do not take it as gospel.

Since this project is done in the free time of all involved, there is no definite timeline.  This is why the term \"Soon\" is used so frequently.

~Indi

[DaveG]

My sense is that characters will be wiped to fix \"cheaters, exploits, and bugged accounts\" after they fix all the reasons for the \"cheaters, exploits, and bugged accounts\".  I don\'t see them resetting stuff until the game is working and balanced.

Stuff like:
character creation glitches
quests
unbalanced loot drops
unbalanced skills
non-working skills
braindead monster AI
etc.

Don\'t worry about the wipe.  It won\'t come for a while, and when it does we\'ll welcome it.

[leuxast]

I can\'t wait. The sooner the better! But I waited for CB long enough to know the meaning of \"soon\"

[John_Thazer]

Originally posted by leuxast
I can\'t wait. The sooner the better! But I waited for CB long enough to know the meaning of \"soon\"

Ahh, yes so it will be in about a year or so, maybe another X-Mas present in 2007?

[Lyrah]

Beta/alpha definition of the word \"soon\" c.
Soon is sometime before never, but longer than 20 minutes from now. Operatively, normally more than two weeks, but less than five years...give or take a month.

AKA probably NOT today...but then again...maybe it could be.