Character Wipe

soulsurfsublime · 2012-07-15, 01:52 AM

I was wondering if they will wipe our beta character progress and user names from the servers once beta has ended? I wasn't sure if there has been an official statement or not. I asked on twitter a few times and got no response. I am assuming that as in all beta's this will be the case.

Dubious · 2012-07-15, 01:55 AM

Closed beta always get wiped

we just have to wait and see what they decide to do with open beta
in other games, open beta only get wiped if they have to do major changes during the open beta testing..

Kupo · 2012-07-15, 02:43 AM

of course they should wipe, even open beta should be wiped. cant have people starting out with better certs than others when game launches

Accuser · 2012-07-15, 07:49 AM

Originally Posted by Kupo

of course they should wipe, even open beta should be wiped. cant have people starting out with better certs than others when game launches

Though I'm hoping Beta testers will be able to reserve character names at least ^_^

NoDachi · 2012-07-15, 09:02 AM

Beta characters, both closed and open are never saved for obvious reasons.

Everything is subject to change in beta so when it comes to release you need to start afresh.

GreatMazinkaise · 2012-07-15, 12:22 PM

Originally Posted by NoDachi

Beta characters, both closed and open are never saved for obvious reasons.

Everything is subject to change in beta so when it comes to release you need to start afresh.

Well you say that, but other F2P games have gone from open to launch w/out wiping characters (T:A, for example).

Ninjacalypse · 2012-07-15, 11:02 PM

Originally Posted by NoDachi

Beta characters, both closed and open are never saved for obvious reasons.

Everything is subject to change in beta so when it comes to release you need to start afresh.

Closed Betas are almost always wiped. Open Betas are almost always not wiped.

In fact, I've beta tested literally hundreds of games. In not a single Open Beta have I had a character wipe.

BraavikStal · 2012-07-16, 03:12 AM

I'm divided on this issue. I guess I would ultimately support wiping characters in both the closed and open beta's. Wouldn't exactly be fair if some people went really far in the beta and were OP when the game got released.

Boomhowser · 2012-07-16, 03:26 AM

when game goes live.. all players should be created equally in the eyes of the Lor.. um SOE

Gore · 2012-07-16, 07:22 AM

Being allowed to keep ones name would be nice though.

DukeTerror · 2012-07-16, 07:54 AM

Well the argument the Devs make is that more certs and battle rank does not make you a better than a new player. That would apply to why it wouldn't matter to wipe open beta players. There will likely be wipes during the beta, but the last week or so should be safe and worth letting beta testers keep. Especially if they start testing the store and players start buying things.

ZaBa · 2012-07-16, 08:02 AM

Wipe everything, but give beta testers a month's worth or so of free cert points in the bank as a thankyou.

NoDachi · 2012-07-16, 08:30 AM

Originally Posted by DukeTerror

Well the argument the Devs make is that more certs and battle rank does not make you a better than a new player. That would apply to why it wouldn't matter to wipe open beta players.

But what if in the beta you got an insane amount of exp for something trivial like hacking, or killing people with grenades or any arbitrary condition, and as a result make characters have been exp padded to silly levels?

The entire cert tree and process is subject to change anyway. You'll have to start afresh on the new and updated trees and exp system in the live game.

Originally Posted by ZaBa

Wipe everything, but give beta testers a month's worth or so of free cert points in the bank as a thankyou.

Playing the game is thankyou enough.

Accuser · 2012-07-16, 08:36 AM

Technically, (last I heard) a fully certed character will be around 20% more potent than a brand new character. More importantly though, Beta testing is for testing, not jacking up stats for when the game goes live.

NoDachi · 2012-07-16, 08:52 AM

Originally Posted by Accuser

More importantly though, Beta testing is for testing, not jacking up stats for when the game goes live.

I think this is the most important reason we've all overlooked.

We're suppose to be testing, and that means putting certs in a variety of places, not min/maxing out characters ready for release.