Return of Reckoning

Is there ever a talk of a server launch reset.

The most fun time I ever have in games with the biggest influx of players is a new launch/reset.

There is so much fun to be had when everyone is new and the power extremes have not set in yet.

I was wondering if this has been kicked around or is something that could happen on this server?

Ye man lets just delete all the rr 80 + chars with BIS gear on people accounts, i bet they will be very happy.

In most MMOs something comes along to reset the power level with either new levels released or new server launches so there is the release experience of players being put on the same level.

No need for the overly sarcastic reply. I think I posed a fair question.

An obvious con would be losing things you have earned.

Sodalicious wrote: Thu Oct 13, 2022 7:15 pm In most MMOs something comes along to reset the power level with either new levels released or new server launches so there is the release experience of players being put on the same level.

No need for the overly sarcastic reply. I think I posed a fair question.

An obvious con would be losing things you have earned.

You think? Not being funny but a reset would kill the server. I've put YEARS of time into my current account. To have that wiped, nah. I'd be off.

Sodalicious wrote: Thu Oct 13, 2022 5:33 pm Is there ever a talk of a server launch reset.

The most fun time I ever have in games with the biggest influx of players is a new launch/reset.

There is so much fun to be had when everyone is new and the power extremes have not set in yet.

I was wondering if this has been kicked around or is something that could happen on this server?

Not happening.
At best you can have a reset of individual accounts, if they behave "bad". :^)

I don't think there's any chance that the main server will ever get reset.

Now the thought exercise becomes, if we open a second server for progression, how could that work without cannibalizing the existing server?

Path of Exile has an answer for this with their league system. We could have a second server that opens for a set number of weeks, then the characters created and leveled could transfer over to the main server at the end of the season with some unique cape or reward.

wargrimnir wrote: Thu Oct 13, 2022 8:16 pm
Path of Exile has an answer for this with their league system. We could have a second server that opens for a set number of weeks, then the characters created and leveled could transfer over to the main server at the end of the season with some unique cape or reward.

i would LOVE this

wargrimnir wrote: Thu Oct 13, 2022 8:16 pm I don't think there's any chance that the main server will ever get reset.

Now the thought exercise becomes, if we open a second server for progression, how could that work without cannibalizing the existing server?

Path of Exile has an answer for this with their league system. We could have a second server that opens for a set number of weeks, then the characters created and leveled could transfer over to the main server at the end of the season with some unique cape or reward.

I believe that seasonal/league content would be very good for this server. No characters would ever be deleted just unplayable or limited play for the season as everyone would log into the fresh server. Then after the season your new seasonal and old legacy characters would be migrated together and perhaps you could migrate medals and renown to less geared legacy characters as a reward for playing the season. The fresh server would bring in alot of players that would want to check it out.

An issue I find with new players is that they have fun doing scenarios all the way up to 40 and then get thrown in with 40/80rr+ legacy players and start getting stomped and then stop logging in after a few days of this. When you are undergeared and also still learning the game you will mostly get farmed by established players and many don't make it to a point where they get the gear to defend themselves as endgame gear takes months of farming if not longer for casual players.

I believe yearly seasonal content would be good for the server longterm and give new players a catch up mechanic to becoming an established player as well as introducing interesting seasonal concepts which many will want to check out if not just the appeal of a "fresh" server, which is always a draw itself.