Wipe y/n?

[novacadian]

... since it got pushed by novacadian for no valid reason, ...

Can that be taken to mean you didn't like my suggestion to use ageing as an alternative to a wipe?

- Nova, who looks even more aged under the weight of such a slanderous statement   

[LigH]

Well, uhm... --  --

[derula]

Can that be taken to mean you didn't like my suggestion to use ageing as an alternative to a wipe?

No, I meant that you should have opened a new thread for your idea, posting it here just lead to (almost) everyone ignoring it.

[verden]

There have been about 50 wipe threads. But since we just went thought the biggest one in my five plus years, there isn't much point worrying on about it. Talad has proven to be very sensitive to the player base in the past.

[novacadian]

Can that be taken to mean you didn't like my suggestion to use ageing as an alternative to a wipe?

No, I meant that you should have opened a new thread for your idea, posting it here just lead to (almost) everyone ignoring it.

Another thread on how to deal with a wipe? What a great idea! 

- Nova

[khoridor]

Why isn't there a thread/poll like "Which was your favorite wipe?" ?

[Vakachehk]

Why isn't there a thread/poll like "Which was your favorite wipe?" ?

*Vakachehk begins to troll

How dumb, a wipe is a wipe, and there's only been 1 in the past that I know of.

Ageing sorry but I disagree on that matter, since you run/walk as fast as a normal person would, then you should age like a normal person, so in that way you would die when you die

[PhoenixRizin]

*Shows up with hundreds of rolls of toilet paper*

"THE WIPE!!!!! IT'S COMING!!! ARE YOU PREPARED?! I HAVE TWO-PLY!!! EXTRA-SOFT!!!"

At this point, forget the wipe...it's enema time! Care not for your stats/items/professions/digital humanity/quests/winch access/guild/guild house/monehs/sanity! It will all be gone soon enough! And when it is, the countdown begins to the next one...and the next one...and the next one.

"Whoever does anything to it will ruin it; whoever lays hold of it will lose it. Therefore the Sage, because he does nothing, never ruins anything; and, because he does not lay hold of anything, loses nothing." -Lao Tzu

* PhoenixRizin sets up a lawn chair by the fountain, sips some lemonade and watches the DB burn

[Illysia]

*sits on the opposite side of the fence this time*

Take it DOWN!

But in almost seriousness... Now is actually the best time to do it. There are far fewer people to tick off by wiping than there has ever been. Get it over with while nobody's hopes and aspirations are too high.

*runs off giggling and snags some of Aiwe's popcorn as she goes*

[Sangwa]

Shouldn't there be a reason to wipe the thing? This is why sometimes it's good that the Developers ignore the players.

And you.

*points at Illysia*

Get in-game and revive RHoP.

[bloodedIrishman]

Xillix has probably caused more stress on PS maxed players than the SAT on High School girls. And probably more excitement to RP fanatics than guys before prom. 

[Sangwa]

Really? It must have been in this year I was absent.

[mikeloeven]

i think a selective item wipe would be better.

it is far easier to just say wipe the server clean but you have to take into account the potential for someone stealing the name of a well known character and abusing that reputation, you will recieve a ton of grief from players who have nothing else to do other than complain about things.   the economy will be decimated because all the tria will be dissapeared and untill it is ground back up player markets will be worthless. at this point in time the server is ALIVE it has been going so long it has taken on a life of it's own. characters have complex backgrounds and relationships.

so i dont mind item wipe it will get rid of the buggy items but leave most of the game intact

[Koios]

it is far easier to just say wipe the server clean but you have to take into account the potential for someone stealing the name of a well known character and abusing that reputation, you will recieve a ton of grief from players who have nothing else to do other than complain about things.

This , this and this could be used to argue that you are entitled to getting the name of the character back in the event of a recreation after a wipe. I particulary liked the first link  

"In order to be protected under the copyright law, a work must be a creative work expressing human thoughts or emotions. Thus, in case of a character implying shape and name of person, animal and so on appearing in cartoon, television, movie, newspaper, magazine and so on, if the creative personality was shown in the visual expression as to the appearance, action of such person, animal, then such character can be a work as protected under the copyright law, apart from its original work”.

Also, from page 2 of this *wonderful* thread:

I've nearly spent 2 years here now. I wouldn't stop playing, 'cause I like this game very much. However, we will loose ALOT of great players over this. I'm not sure that will sit very good with me. I only have one demand (Yes, I used the d-word): That players get to keep their character's names. If it's not do-able to "save it" or something; alert people, tell them to take a screenshot of the login or wherever their name is and if someone happens to take it after the wipe it can be dealt with.

[Geoni]

Shouldn't there be a reason to wipe the thing? This is why sometimes it's good that the Developers ignore the players.

And you.

*points at Illysia*

Get in-game and revive RHoP.

Lol have you not seen Illysia's last posts? She's gone. Like...GONE GONE.