from what i heard a large reason that the wipe was done was that there was a bug
introduced onto test where all the kobolds in sol b were dropping dragon loot. instead
of reporting the bug (hello, test server), players decided to go farm it instead. yet
another case of greedy players spoiling it for the rest of us. because of that, i don't
think option 2 is viable, unless they use a character backup from a month or so ago.

At 09:13 AM 6/21/00 -0400, you wrote:

>Ouch! :(
>
>In case some of you don't know, the entire player-base on the Test server
>was wiped yesterday. Verant's reason being they wanted a clean slate to
>conduct ongoing tests. Fair enough, I suppose - we wipe our test database
>from time to time to clear out all the junk that accumulates - but for those
>that had characters there, my condolences.
>
>I can only imagine what it must feel like to have built up a character over
>the last year to have it wiped, and with little or no warning from what I've
>heard.
>
>Lyrnia, you had a high level Bard on test, didn't you?
>
>I read on the Gameplay board this morning that Brad is taking suggestions
>on:
>
>1) Reinstating characters but wiping out all their items.
>
>2) Offering players to move their characters onto the live servers without
>their items.
>
>I can understand their reasons for going ahead with the wipe, but it still
>stinks nonetheless.
>
>
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