Wipe server or the beginning of the end of the world in
MMO?
Who do not know MMO is Massively
multiplayer online.
Everyone who played MMO could face such a
problem as the entire servers wipe. This moment everyone felt his own way.
After all, when they clean up the server, people will lose all their stuff and
characters, then they will have to start all over again.
When admins warn about this event, about
a couple of days before the start of the wipe, then all the fun begins. At this
moment some people go in different ways. Someone comes into a rage, others
panicking and there are those to whom this is all indifferent. From the
outside, it all looks pretty similar to how the end of the world might have
passed in reality.
Each game has this end differently. For
example, in WoW, after people are divided into these groups, they decide what
to do next, because within a week the end of their work in leveling the
characters will pass, and yet not everyone has done everything he wanted in the
game. And some of them will try to get epic loot which has a 0.5% chance of
falling out.
Perhaps the best option is just to look
at how other people yelling in the chat "The server will wipe! We will
lose everything!". Or get drunk in the game and quietly spend the last
days of the server talking with other players.
For example, in Minecraft the player is
likely make a giveaway of his items. Perhaps he will destroy his buildings. He
will try to do it epic, so that everyone on the server remembers him. He will
spawn the Wither, the boss who destroys everything on his way, and let him into
the game world to DESTROY EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE!.
Even on vanilla version in WoW, a similar
moment occurred as with Wither in minecraft. One player brought to Stormwind,
the main capital of the Alliance, a world boss. He was followed for some time
by that player, after he brought him to the city, the boss began to kill all
the players and no one could kill him, because when he killed someone he was
healed, and there were many low lvl players in the city thant instantly died
and, moreover, if he was not killed in 3 minutes, then he used a spell that
almost all had one shot. As a result, he cut out the entire settlement.
If you do not take into account the
bosses and look at it all from the outside, then this is a very real example of
how people would behave if they knew that they only had a week to live. The
same panic, attempts to do something that did not have time to do earlier, or
attempts to make a mess lastly to everyone else.
Questions
1. Have you played MMO and if so, which ones?
2. Have you encountered wipe servers? And what
would you do or do if your game there was a wipe?
3. And what would you do if the end of the
world came?(not in game)
Comments
People usually play MMO games because they offer persistence. Your character will get better, gather more experience and gear, but you will not reach the end of adventure or end of the world. So they can enjoy their growing power, they can enjoy new places, quests, opponents, treasure - for as long as you'd like. So if someone decides to wipe the entire game - all the progress made on our characters, for many it would mean the end of the world indeed. I would just stop playing this game. Why bother to spend so much time on my character if it can just be wiped and I need to repeat everything from the scratch.
And about the real end of the world? I don't know. Depends on what kind of end we are talking about. Everyone will die no matter what? I would probably try to enjoy my last moments, spend more time with people I love, with my friends. But maybe just "end of the world as we know it" - I would probably be more focused on survival. Let's hope we'll never know really :)
I have never encountered servers wipe in Elder Scrolls Online. As I know it never happened in this game. In my opinion, it would ruin everything, people are spending hundreds of hours to level up their characters, gather gold, collect items etc and suddenly it would be gone. In my opinion many players would leave the game forever. However I encountered something similar in world of tanks, which is not exactly mmo. I was playing in beta version of this game, and when they switch to “normal” version, every account was reset. It was annoying, but world of tanks is fairly simple game, in opposite to most mmo, therefore, I was able to regain my tans quite fast.
If the end of the world came I would be quite happy, because I like post apocalyptic climates.
Well, wipe servers are not so terrible than closing it completely.
Yes, I used to play some MMO in my life, but not many. My first one was Tibia and I totally regret that I have not been in Runscape club, it seems way better game. Then I was playing Guild Wars, but not for so long, then I've bought WoW and it was probably best MMO I've ever played. After WoW I saw some MMO's but I thought that they are way worse than Blizzard game so I have stopped doing it and I have not played any MMO like for 8 years or something. It's really time consuming ;P
2. Have you encountered wipe servers? And what would you do or do if your game there was a wipe?
I have not.
3. And what would you do if the end of the world came?(not in game)
I think that I would die, like all of us.
I have never encountered server cleaning because I do not play games that have this option.
I think that if the end of the world came and I knew it before, I would fulfill my dream and steal a Ferrari; D
When the end of the world would come, I would do something illegal for sure. :-)
Only gta san andreas roleplay, which held more than 300 players on server, (there were servers that could handle 1000 players on one server - now compare this to todays gta 5 online...)
2. Have you encountered wipe servers? And what would you do or do if your game there was a wipe?
Yes, but you were able to apply for refund.
3. And what would you do if the end of the world came?(not in game)
Steal, eat and drink
I went through couple server wipes and its not pretty, veterans leave, new players rejoice, and the community more often than not scatters since alot of stories get invalidated.
If an end to our world would come i bet most of us would not be able to do anything to save ourselves , but undoubtedly i would try to save myself my family try to survive as always.
Have you encountered wipe servers?
Yes, when I was playing Wow, I was in the progress guild, that is, who is trying to make the raid as soon as possible. During such attempts I am practically whipping up hundreds of times, what do I do after such a wipe? Naught by experience, I know it lasts until we all show our best skills. What would I do if the world were to end? Probably nothing, I tried to fight it somehow, but can I do something?
2. I've never experienced it personally, but I've heard that the WoW server was reset due to the infamous Corrupted Blood Incident. It was a virtual pandemic that lasted one week. The most interesting thing about that incident was the players behavior. Their behavior was very similar to the behavior of the masses during a real plague. People were moving out of big cities, etc. It appears that the reaction to the in-game incidents is not so different from our reaction to the real-life incidents.
3. I honestly don't know. What would be the point of doing anything if everything was about to be gone.
I've never encountered a server wipe of anysort myself. However through stories of my friends the concept has not been unknown to me. The only "server wipe" that has affected me would be the end or warhammer online game, where after years of mmo fun the company has shut down completely.
Frankly, I'd make sure to say my goodbyes to those dearest to my heart, as well as eat a good hearthy meal with those who would be willing to spend their last moments with me.
2. I encountered with wiping servers in Rust but it is normal practise in this type of game. You are right that players baheve a bit different when they are concious that server will wipe in near time. ;)
3. I will spend rest of my time with people who I love. I know that it is a cliché but it's true. ;)
Usually when game is wipe I loose desire to play in it because I don't want to do same things that I have done before to achieve result but sometimes I would like to wipe server to start build world with new knowledge about how better to do something in different cases.
I think if end of the world came I will try to implement all my dreams that I want to do but at this time this can be forbidden by laws or material needs.
I played WoW for over a year. Had a lot of fun with this game.
2. Have you encountered wipe servers? And what would you do or do if your game there was a wipe?
Personally I faced wipe in other game called Rust. It didn't bother me, at least not that much. I don't play games that involve gathering items for sake of gathering them. Usually you need those items to achieve some goals or beat somekind of enemy. After I have done that I don't care whether those items are taken away from me.
3. And what would you do if the end of the world came?(not in game)
Probably I would try to have some good time before it happens!
Fortunately, I did not meet with it, but many of my friends were already so and very pissed off.
I would play MMO! ( It's just a joke ). Of course I would like to spend my last moments with my loved one (I will not tell you the details).
I have played in Lineage 2, WoW when I was a kid for a while. This is differently not my genre.
2. Have you encountered wipe servers? And what would you do or do if your game there was a wipe?
Hm, I have never heard to game designers will do a swipe server after years of games.
I would leave the game forever :)
3. And what would you do if the end of the world came?(not in game)
I think I would be with my family or was doing something crazy :)
For now I think I would do nothing just change server or game.
Hmmmm, maybe I would spend more time with friends or do some stuff what I didn’t do in my life yet.
I've encountered wipes on some Minecraft servers. Lost a couple of diamonds there.
If the end of the world came, I'd probably die *insert guess I'll die pic*. I don't think I would be a good survivor.
No, I have never encountered wipe servers. I started playing at the official server. Then after 2 years I sold my heroes and started playing at other ‘unofficial’ servers and also created self one with my friends. I didn’t play PW for the last 7 years, so I don’t know what I would be doing in such situation.
Every person images the end of the world in different ways. I’m as a Christian imagine it in the way that described in the Bible, so I don’t know what I exactly will be doing, but I know that I will be safe.
I encountered server wipes many times in World of Warcraft on private servers and once in wow server and it was really crazy what was happening in main cities of the game. What I did is I was talking with my friends what is happening and observed from far away what is happening. The best wipe in my oppinion is the one with a plague that was brought by hunters/warlocks pets to main city and bizzard had to restart the server because it was that massive. I heard that even scientists used this event to find out what will be people reaction when end of the world would take place.
If end of the world would came I think I would meet with all my friends and do something crazy that we all wanted to do but never tried.
Yup, when I was young boy I used to play Metin2. I know it's... bad. But still, I was child, it was easy, there was grind, gamble etc, addictive. Then I used to play few japanese MMORPGs and then played Guild Wars 2 for some time. I never understood hype about WoW, it was so boring to me when I tried to play it :D
2. Have you encountered wipe servers? And what would you do or do if your game there was a wipe?
Nope, never experienced that. Buuut it can be simillar to Diablo2 Ladders, okay, they don't delete anything, but prices are different, not many people play Non-ladder etc. Reset of ladder is every 6-8 months.
3. And what would you do if the end of the world came?(not in game)
Hmmm.. Spending time with loved ones, try to die painless death :/
Yes, I did. Tibia, World of Warcraft, Guild Wars. I think that Tibia is my favorite one, but I'm not playing games anymore.
2. Have you encountered wipe servers? And what would you do or do if your game there was a wipe?
Unfortunately I did. I played on Open Tibia Servers(OTS) - it's like private server - few times and I experienced wipes. I was just soooo angry, because all my time spent on this server was useless.
3. And what would you do if the end of the world came?(not in game)
I would steal some badass car, money and have some fun ;).
If real end of the world would happen, I think I would like to try everything there is to try that I haven’t done before. I guess it’s not very original answer but it’s true.
Metin ! I loved it when I was young.
2. Have you encountered wipe servers? And what would you do or do if your game there was a wipe?
Fortunatelly not - I was playing a lot, and it has to be painful when all Your effort is gone.
3. And what would you do if the end of the world came?(not in game)
I would try to do something crazy - maybe I would try to gather a huge team and attack some boss in the game ?
I have encountered a wipe server once. It wasn’t nice feeling, but I decided to switch a game. Even if I had to play from the beginning, I played a different game which brings different experience.
If the end of the world came, we really could do nothing. I will try to use my time, which left till the end, the best as I can.
- I've tried World of Warcraft and Guild Wars 2. I come back to WoW every time there is a new large expansion.
2. Have you encountered wipe servers? And what would you do or do if your game there was a wipe?
- No, I have not encountered wipe servers, but I would be really angry that my whole progress and time which I spent in this game was taken away from me.
3. And what would you do if the end of the world came? (not in game)
- I would probably spend my last day with my family and I would make a pizza.
I've played WoW (World of Warcraft). It's very addictive, and I find so much fun in it, but after some time you will find that it's a waste of time. I would prefer to learn something, than to spend 4+ hours every day on playing.
2. Have you encountered wipe servers? And what would you do or do if your game there was a wipe?
No, but if I would - I think that I would be very frustrated.
3. And what would you do if the end of the world came?(not in game)
I would try to do some crazy things, but right now nothing comes to my mind
2. Sometimes after beta tests there were wipes but it wasn't big deal because beta.
3. Well... I would get in touch with everyone I've ever meet, said that it was pleasure to meet them, then made a barbecue with my family and some friends. At the barbecue we would talk about all the good and funny things that happend to us, show some pictures from travels and have fun. And I would laught at people who will record this party :D
I'm not huge fan of MMO, this type of game is bothering me pretty fast, but when I was younger I've played a lot Metin2, 4Story & Silkroad. Right now, sometimes I'm playing Vindictus or ESO.
2. Have you encountered wipe servers? And what would you do or do if your game there was a wipe?
Nope, I haven't, but I would be so freakin' angry. Something like that would have destroy my further fun in this game. I think that I will leave that game forever.
3. And what would you do if the end of the world came?
Maybe I would do something insane? To be honest, I didn't think about it never before.
I have never encountered wipe servers. I would probably delete the game if I would encounter wipe server.
I would try to enjoy my last moment in the world.