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Will there be server wipes during alpha/beta? I'm very much looking forward to helping flush out bugs during alpha/beta, but I'm wondering if any of our work will carry over to the persistent universe or if there will be a clean wipe before release.asked by Alpha Strike

TL;DRRoberts says there is no specific stance on server wipes yet; early test-module progress like dogfighting money won't carry over, but later beta progress probably wouldn't be wiped, with a likely reset at live release.

Chris RobertsCEO / Game Director

That's a good question. We don't really have a specific stance on this at the moment. My guess is probably we would reset everybody when the game goes properly live. It's sort of hard to say, because I think when we go into beta for the actual game that the backers will have, but maybe not necessarily for the full public yet, we probably wouldn't wipe that late-stage stuff. But certainly some of the early stuff like the dogfighting module, planetside module, all that. You'll definitely be able to earn some money for winning some fights and doing stuff, and that will be money that will allow you to buy some weapons, but it will be for just that sort of dogfighting test area. It won't be money that will carry you through into the persistent universe. So I guess the answer is there's going to be a combination of this. So there will be wipes of some of the stuff but not all of the stuff, and as you get closer to the final release, maybe some of the stuff you've done will carry over.

Wingman's Hangar›ep052 . January 10, 2014·
Published on this date.10 Jan 2014