How frequent server wipes happen?

[Youtube: BoyDilly]

I hate them in survival video games.

[wildbill]

All depends on what servers you are talking about. There are official servers, which I've never played on, so can't say. There are unofficial (private) servers, all of which are different. I would guess some have been up for over a year with no wipes, others don't last nearly as long.

[Rogue]

The official servers technically won't wipe as the decay is supposed to stop the need for wipes.

[Youtube: BoyDilly]

So, servers never wipe?

[Rogue]

Originally posted by BoyDilly:

So, servers never wipe?

not the official servers - private ones is up to the owner

[Shaman-Ra]

I hate wipes, so I turned that off on my private server.

[Muu]

Originally posted by Shaman-Ra:

I hate wipes, so I turned that off on my private server.

um...thats not how it works...

[Hannibal Barca]

offical servers havnt had a wipe since launch

[Pistol Dingus]

Originally posted by Rogue:

Originally posted by BoyDilly:

So, servers never wipe?

not the official servers - private ones is up to the owner

depends on what kind of official server you are playing on as well, the normal pvp/pve servers only wipe when a clan is abusing a glitch (item duping so on and so forth). However there is another server type that wipes like every few weeks or something because its like everything levels faster and such but wipes as a result

[Multigun]

Originally posted by Fisty McSmash:

Originally posted by Rogue:

not the official servers - private ones is up to the owner

depends on what kind of official server you are playing on as well, the normal pvp/pve servers only wipe when a clan is abusing a glitch (item duping so on and so forth). However there is another server type that wipes like every few weeks or something because its like everything levels faster and such but wipes as a result

Official servers don't wipe, ever. Not since May 8th, 2018, and Funcom has been on record multiple times that they will not be wiping official servers. If people are abusing and Funcom takes action, their stuff is either remove via admin action or left to decay until it goes away. But the entire server does not get wiped.

There is also no official server that wipes every few weeks. There was one such type in very (very) early access days, but wasn't popular and was phased out.

As for Private Servers owners, as multiple people have already stated, it's up to the server owner(s). Decay can be toggled on or off, as well as clearing out the game.db for a new start.

[Shaman-Ra]

Originally posted by PERFORMER:

Originally posted by Shaman-Ra:

I hate wipes, so I turned that off on my private server.

um...thats not how it works...

um, it is if the server owner makes it so

[Vexov]

Depends on your able play time. Eventually, maybe yearly you come back and turn up the difficulty, wipe the server, use some mods to fix and do a bunch of quality of life changes the devs can't even manage to do (the so simple things like number tweaks even). Oh, but at least there are dlcs still coming out.

One of the problems is Thralls are freaking tied to NPC damage, and i think HP as well. To increase the difficulty of the game is to get carried by your Thrall whom is a freaking tank and likely hitting ... well for a challenge at least x2 harder then you. You don't have to use thralls tho, but some mobs like those giant rocknose from purges are 1000% BULLCRAP and should have been fixed or disabled until fixed (depending on difficulty settings).

[Makeithappen]

Originally posted by Fisty McSmash:

Originally posted by Rogue:

not the official servers - private ones is up to the owner

depends on what kind of official server you are playing on as well, the normal pvp/pve servers only wipe when a clan is abusing a glitch (item duping so on and so forth). However there is another server type that wipes like every few weeks or something because its like everything levels faster and such but wipes as a result

This is why i hate playing these games with random strangers. someone is always duping items/hiding under mesh so they dont take damage in pvp etc. First experienced in in Ark. Then any other online game out there now has people doing this.

[wildbill]

Originally posted by Shaman-Ra:

Originally posted by PERFORMER:

um...thats not how it works...

um, it is if the server owner makes it so

Wow, this thread is full of so much information. To wipe or not is not a server setting you turn off or on. It is a button you press typically. Might be called reinstall, clean, something like that.

This is used when a server gets messed up beyond repair, or maybe on a private server when the owner is just too lazy to clean off all the mess players have made or they just want a fresh start. It could also happen when they stop paying the rent or quit playing the game. That is a wipe where the server never comes back online.

It is all up to the server admin, although there are rare situations when it must be done to make the server operational again.

[Muu]

Originally posted by Shaman-Ra:

Originally posted by PERFORMER:

um...thats not how it works...

um, it is if the server owner makes it so

...You mean the owner doesnt manually trash the files...okay...

[Shaman-Ra]

Originally posted by PERFORMER:

Originally posted by Shaman-Ra:

um, it is if the server owner makes it so

...You mean the owner doesnt manually trash the files...okay...

no,trouble-maker - there is a text setting for it in the config files. stop trolling.