Hard Restart of RT Server ONLY

While it might not be possible a hard restart would a really good idea.

I vote for no to force restarts but yes for massive prizes to empires that restart. 30k land or 200 btc stuff like that

I really doubt leaving everyone on an even level again would make people quit. I almost have 200 levels of infra and I wouldn`t mind it at all and this took many years to achieve.

it appeals to newer players because they will be on par with all the vets again, and it appeals to older players because everything will be fresh/new and exciting again. trust me, most vets are bored up there. it would be silly for someone to quit because of this

anyway, it seems like it can`t/won`t happen but it`s nice to think about. (what`s up with that GC clone?)

This will make people quit.. Some people are active only beause they have planets or research. Hard reset will destroy that for them. Leaving them no choice but to quit.

i think the game would be way more fun! i like the hard reset idea. but then i would never go guard again lol

I`m not for a controlled hard-reset at certain monthly intervals. I think that`s a horrible idea. (this includes npc UW`s)

the point of the game is for -players- to complete the UW and destroy the universe / reset other players. what fun is it if there`s "rounds" and the universe gets destroyed by itself, or by an admin? npc UW`s are fun as events and if they are done they should remain as soft-resets only. I think I would quit playing if there was npc UW`s that made hard-resets. that would be annoying as h*ll and kill the game.

if hard-resets are implemented they should be for player UWs exclusively. and if it`s implemented, a reward package should extend to fedmates as well, for incentive, because if they are reset to zero there would be no appeal to helping a person defend one.

generally I like the idea of hard-resets, but only if they are implemented correctly..

one thing I really like is the idea of there being only one empire at any one time holding UW ships / special ships. if they are able to do consecutive UW`s, they earned the right to gain more UW ships. and if someone were to break their `chain`, they lose all the UW ships and the new UWer starts attempting a `chain` to gain increasingly better rewards. it would also be cool if the current empire holding UW/special ships visibly stood out somehow, eg: their empire font is highlighted so people know they`re the current bad %%% on the server.

what`s everyone`s thoughts on this?

and EE, is there really no way you could mass-restart all players? I think something like this could revitalize the server if it`s done the right way

There`s no way to change how the UW works for just RT server, and there`s no way i can mass restart accounts either, Admins used to have the ability to restart accounts as punishment but that has been broken for a while so now we have to force those people to restart themselves.

I think it would be a better to get another server opened up one where from the beginning it would be understood that it would be restarted after x amount of time, which would probably mean the DM server and have it so that everything resets after every UW or every 6 months or so with an elevated turn count and storage.

but this to is just speculation as the DM server is Fubar, that`s the reason we haven`t held any more DM`s it stop recognizing that accounts exist and such. along with other issues. while i`ve been pressing for coding access from stephen for some time now and will continue to do so there`s no great hope of that in the near future and that`s the only way it will happen

It definitely would. Also, it was brought to my attention (and I should have seen it to begin with), that the reset would remove all the supermassive planets/clusters and all event planets/clusters on the server would change the whole dynamic of the current situation. I would go so far as to eliminate all artifacts as well.

Would you be willing to do hard resets multiple times per year? Like every 3 months or whenever a UW succeeds? I think this would make RT very exciting.

i`d do a monthly NPC UW or every few months if one goes off it causes a hard reset i think there might even be people willing to support it to try and make it go off at the very least under such a threat it would stirr up all kinds of activity

it might be good for activity. I like where im at now at the moment..

RT has been alot more active in the past month or two than ive seen it 6 months ago. Maybe forcing a reset at the end of a successful player UW would benefit the server but with current activity levels, I do not see it being that much of an increase.

That being said, should a reset occur, the only incentives that should be available are the FEBs (Fresh Empire Bonuses). We dont need a special ship, as epic as that would be. The only player to keep his/her special ship is the one who completed the UW and forced the reset.

Other UW winners who have exploded in the past would lose their ships, prompting them to try again, and of course, multiple successful attempts with the same empire gains the other two UW ships. In effect, only 1 empire would have the ships.

This would make it a prestige and a goal to reach. And since everyone would be starting from zero, the UW winner would have the advantage, as it should be.

One more thing: I understand that the UW`er would have a superior advantage. To prevent chain UW events by this person and subsequent abuse of the system, we would need to impose a length of time where UW attempts by this individual are illegal -- 3 months or so.

enough rambling... these are my thoughts and my vote: Yes, but.

I`d be in favour of a hard-reset. I`ve spent a lot of time building this empire but think the challenge of everyone starting out on a level playing field would be good for activity.

Just make it so that a hard reset happens after a successful player UW.