Please wipe everything

[killroth 9]

I think its time to wipe all character info in the game and start over after u fix the duping bugs/stop hackers. There is too much stuff out there that is illegally gained. Plus, it is an alpha stuff should be wiped more often.

[WhiteTigerShiro 25]

How's about you make your own game, put-out an open alpha, THEN you can decide how often a full wipe should happen. As for the initial suggestion, maybe after the duping loopholes have been patched out. Much as it would suck to lose what I've gotten so far, it'd be nice knowing that everyone's on a clean slate.

[Zeromentor 169]

I wouldn't mind a wipe if everyone is involved. I'd lose a ton of guns, trucks and a bus, but I don't mind if I know everyone else is thrown to the same level.

All or none.

[7-75 callaghan 43]

+1 I agree with this.

It is an alpha, and we shouldn't get attached to equipment.

I find I can regain stuff relatively easy, and if it means that hackers are disadvantaged as more hacks are blocked and users global banned, then it is for the greater good.

I know it wont get any support, but i'd want a weekly wipe until the hacking problem is dealt with altogether, or at least the majority of them. It will make them easier to identify and ban, and global banning those people from my beloved arma 2 is a sweeter gift than any perfect pile of loot to be found in game.

[BL1P 252]

I just spent quite a few days redoing my base camp since the tent wipe:(

But I am sure this will happen at some point "ces la vie"

[WhiteTigerShiro 25]

I know it wont get any support' date=' but i'd want a weekly wipe until the hacking problem is dealt with altogether, or at least the majority of them. It will make them easier to identify and ban, and global banning those people from my beloved arma 2 is a sweeter gift than any perfect pile of loot to be found in game.

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This would require a brand new patch every week in order for the wipe to happen. Unless I'm mistaken, data gets saved client-side (hence why you can take the same character from one server to another), so the only way for a weekly wipe to happen is if they make it a point to release a new patch every week that applies the wipe.

Now, if there was a wipe with every new patch update, then yeah sure. But I don't think Rocket should be bothered to do this on a weekly basis.

[Publik 404]

I know it wont get any support' date=' but i'd want a weekly wipe until the hacking problem is dealt with altogether, or at least the majority of them. It will make them easier to identify and ban, and global banning those people from my beloved arma 2 is a sweeter gift than any perfect pile of loot to be found in game.

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This would require a brand new patch every week in order for the wipe to happen. Unless I'm mistaken, data gets saved client-side (hence why you can take the same character from one server to another), so the only way for a weekly wipe to happen is if they make it a point to release a new patch every week that applies the wipe.

Now, if there was a wipe with every new patch update, then yeah sure. But I don't think Rocket should be bothered to do this on a weekly basis.

You are mistaken. Player data is stored on the DayZ main server. To wipe the server would be trivial and wouldn't require any new patching.

[DemonGroover 8836]

You know what, i used to be against ideas like this but now i am in agreeance. A global wipe sounds like a good idea.

Have it done at an exact time so everyone spawns at once and has nothing. Having 50 players on a server who have nothing would be a hoot!

And just to clarify i stand to lose some good stuff so it isnt the whining of somebody who has nothing.

[americanman1243@yahoo.com 1]

Agreed.

Perhaps it can be a point of DayZ to have "seasons" where regular wipes occur every other month or so to level the playing field. Maybe make it the goal to be at the top of the leaderboard in zombie kills at the end of each "season".

[frankhertz 2]

Ladder seasons!

[WhiteTigerShiro 25]

You are mistaken. Player data is stored on the DayZ main server. To wipe the server would be trivial and wouldn't require any new patching.

I still say once a week is a bit much. Consider that when the game goes live, it won't get wiped once a week, or even once a month, or probably ever. It's worth giving a little longevity between wiping everyone so that we can see how the game holds-up in the long run. If we wipe once a week, a change could be implemented that seems like a good idea, but after a few weeks or months down the road ends-up completely destroying the feel of the game.

Again, I'm not against a wipe, just that there should be a reason for it beyond "just because". Say for example right now with people being able to dupe things. Exploit gets patched, player progress gets wiped, and we see how things go from there.

[Psyl3nt 125]

Ahh, how about.... no.

You do realise that you simply cannot 'defeat' hackers ?

They will ALWAYS have a way to do what they do, all this would do is take all the gear of those who have gotten it legitimately whilst the hackers would simply use a new hack, get way better gear and have the playing field tipped even more in their favour....

If I had any say in it, I'd be asking for a on-beta release wipe, and of course once the full release is live.

[WhiteTigerShiro 25]

Ahh' date=' how about.... no.

You do realise that you simply cannot 'defeat' hackers ? [/quote']This isn't about the hackers, though. This is about an exploit that allows you to duplicate items without needing a third party program.

They will ALWAYS have a way to do what they do, all this would do is take all the gear of those who have gotten it legitimately

Between the perma-death nature of the game, and the fact that it's currently still in the buggy alpha testing phase, at no point should anyone be so attached to their characters that it's a factor in whether or not everyone gets wiped.

[TheProphecy 33]

I would love to see a global wipe, but only when duping is 100% dealt with and the ability to save tents/cars outside of the map is gone as well.

[Psyl3nt 125]

I think that being "attached to your gear" is what makes this game (for me anyway), otherwise all the tension and "fright" would not be there.

I'm not scared of dying (it has no real consequence), I AM however scared of losing my gear, it's more valuable than my characters life.

[nivek 0]

I agree. I think that a global wipe is a great idea. +1

[optimate 4]

For a game in development this makes excellent sense. Each dot release is hopefully bringing with it enhancements and changes to the gameplay. Having loads of survivors already fully equipped will obscure whether such changes have improved the game or not. Say the zombie player detection was improved. If that then made it near impossible for a survivor with nothing to sneak into an area to loot (or conversely made it way too easy) putting everyone back on the beach would show that up rapidly. It's an alpha and our part in the process is it test it and being put back to day zero at regular intervals lets us do our job better.

[dut 21]

When scripting, duping or hacking is made impossible there should be a wipe. Otherwise it's only going to work in their favour.

[DannyRed 32]

For a game in development this makes excellent sense. Each dot release is hopefully bringing with it enhancements and changes to the gameplay. Having loads of survivors already fully equipped will obscure whether such changes have improved the game or not. Say the zombie player detection was improved. If that then made it near impossible for a survivor with nothing to sneak into an area to loot (or conversely made it way too easy) putting everyone back on the beach would show that up rapidly. It's an alpha and our part in the process is it test it and being put back to day zero at regular intervals lets us do our job better.

Totally agree. People can't give good opinions if they already have everything.

[Tyrog 10]

I like that idea.

I really couldn't care less about my gear even though I have some great stuff.

I can always get it back.

[moriak 35]

wipe on every major patch would be nice

[Niemand (DayZ) 12]

I got not everything, but a lot. My char is alive for 3 or 4 days now. On one side a wipe would suck, because I am where I am. On the other side... everyone gets wiped, so we can start new as a group, maybe be first at a car and get that. :D

[Lukio (DayZ) 24]

I'm for a wipe during alpha if new weapons or groundbreaking mechanism changes get introduced, just so that everyone testing the alpha is on the same level, especially with all the hacked and duped items existant on some servers.

Definitely i'd like to see a complete wipe between alpha and beta and of course once in the future when its out of beta.

[KWilt 157]

If we do wipe, I'd like to see leaderboards wiped as well. (Which I'm sure they would be. But just in case...)

I'd probably be pretty pissed, to be honest, but I'd have the choice of either playing and getting all my stuff back again, or I can leave. And since I actually enjoy DayZ, it'd probably be the former over the latter.

Either way, I'm not exactly in support of this, but you won't hear me bitching about it. I'll leave it up to the rest of the community to complain when the hackers get all the good loot from the start while the rest of us are still 'growing up' again.

[UbiquitousBadGuy 846]

Scheduled wipes wouldn't be a terrible idea. Resetting the playing field and purging the game of hacked items could be beneficial not only to players but to the devs as they can track progression and trends a lot easier.