Concern about retaining XP post wipe.

[Long Beard]

Hey guys

 

I'm relatively new to NA, and I've read that there will possibly be a wipe prior to release but we keep our ranks and XP.

 

My concern here is with regards to missions and how difficult it will be to earn money to purchase ships post wipe.

 

At the moment, the game is very progressional. I.e. you start in a basic cutter, do enough Thief missions to be able to afford the 'next' ship when you progress in rank.  You can currently do missions at the rank below you which seems fair.  The higher rank missions are naturally tougher with multiple ships, but I guess the idea is that you should be in a ship capable of doing these missions.

 

With the wipe, we lose our cash and ships, and assuming we have a decent rank, we're not going to be able to do the low level missions. I'm worried that we're going to have to do high rank missions in a basic cutter.

 

Have the devs made any comment on this or given possible solutions?

Edited February 8, 2016 by Long Beard

[Mighty Bouff]

you can tag traders from early on which will get you enough cash to get the next ship up, from there you can cap them pretty fast until you have whatever you want. Once you have 100k it will be easy to make more and more money to pay your crafters for whatever you want, I don't think it is a huge concern.

[Ellis]

Just like what Mighty said, although you will most likely not be able to do the higher rank missions you still have the ai on the open seas and who can forget the PvP!

[Hethwill, the Red Duke]

Take into account Ranks will have their values reviewed so in practice Ranks will be lost although we will retain the number and the corresponding rank at the time of change.

 

The concerns are valid of course but if you think about it there is little point in slabbing our foreheads into thinking this resembles the vision of the Developers. This is only the Open World Civilian and Military foundations. The true facet mechanics are yet to come.

 

So learn what you can regarding handling your most beloved ships, that part is done pretty much, and that knowledge is irreversible.

 

The rest can be wiped as much as they wish or the development needs as long as final release version is a beauty.

[Slamz]

You can also do Small Battles for some cash.

 

But Mighty Bouff has the real answer. Capture a couple NPC traders and sell off their cargo. Some of them (especially if they have compass wood) will give you a ton of cash.