by Alexander Wall on Feb 05, 2015
H1Z1 has had a fairly successful Early-Access launch and run so far. As someone who has been playing and streaming it regularly, I've rarely had any moments in the game that weren't enjoyable, memorable, or both. It just feels really sound and solid for the current state that it's in. For being so unfinished, the game already gives you a cohesive experience.
The downsides thus far have revolved primarily around a few bugs (which are rapidly getting cleaned up), and cheating. Daybreak Games (formerly Sony Online Entertainment), was quick to act on the cheating, hacking, and duping that plagued the first few weeks of gameplay. To further clean up any remaining exploits that have carried forward, Daybreak will be preforming a complete server and character wipe tonight - per developer SOE_Legion on reddit. He had this to say in a recent update notation post:
Tomorrow as part of our normal game update, we will be doing a complete server wipe. What does that mean for you? Think of it as a factory reset. We are going to be wiping the world clean of any player built structures, vehicle placement, everything. We are also going to be doing a full character wipe as well. Your characters will not exist on any servers, so you will have to create new ones.
What won’t be going away are any account locked items. These items are things like crates and crate keys. All the cosmetic skins you found inside the crate or won from Battle Royale will be safe and be locked to your account. The things that will not be safe are anything you have on your character or hidden in the world at the time of the wipe.
For people who purchased the Premium or upgraded to the Premium Edition will be topped off up to 3 Airdrop Tickets. If you already have 3 or more Airdrop Tickets you won’t be receiving any additional ones. This won’t happen at the exact time of the wipe but will be granted to your account within a few business days afterward.
Full server wipes are a part of Early Access and this won’t be the last one. They help make the game better in substantial ways. We appreciate your support in H1Z1 and the game has already grown a huge amount because of the collaboration between us.
You will receive the full list of other patch notes as we get closer to announcing when this downtime will exactly be tomorrow.
So if you are one of the fortunate few to have managed to horde up a large supply of vehicles, weapons and ammunition - now might be the day to go on a complete destructive joyride before all your gear and equipment gets wiped.