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Restart from scratch... not.

Posted: Sat May 16, 2015 2:00 pm
by Abharsair
Greetings,

In a couple of days (maybe less, maybe more) we will roll out a quite significant change concerning new characters: Reincarnation.

Basically what it means is that you will be able to permanently retire an old character and create one new character which has most of the old character's skills and some experience. Needless to say that there will be restrictions (not all skills will transfer, and those which do will not be converted 100%) and rules (no equipment/money swapping, no IC knowledge of what your old character knew, etc.), but we will give you more information once we activate the system. As for now, this post is meant to inform you of the planned change and to give you an opportunity to state your concerns/ideas/questions.

Re: Restart from scratch... not.

Posted: Sat May 16, 2015 2:20 pm
by rex
Just some thoughts I had/questions.

Reincarnate from same race to a different race?

Would this process take time? I am worried someone would perhaps regrettably reincarnate there character after something bad happens to them IG?

Would you be able to go back to your original character if you felt it was a mistake?

Can you redistribute your stat preference?

Re: Restart from scratch... not.

Posted: Sat May 16, 2015 2:22 pm
by Abharsair
rex wrote:Just some thoughts I had/questions.

Reincarnate from same race to a different race?
Yes.
rex wrote:Would this process take time? I am worried someone would perhaps regrettably reincarnate there character after something bad happens to them IG?
No. You have to confirm your decision twice and with password, but otherwise it takes no time.
(Actually, now that I think of it, this is a valid point. I'll discuss it with the other wizards. Maybe it would make sense to add a delay in which people could revert their decision.)
rex wrote:Would you be able to go back to your original character if you felt it was a mistake?
Nope. It's absolutely final. While we keep the player files in a backup, we will under no circumstances restore an old character.

Re: Restart from scratch... not.

Posted: Sat May 16, 2015 2:26 pm
by anglachel
You can choose any race, but there is no way back. The old char will be deleted. There is no difference to creating a new char, beside the new chars start with a part of skills of the old one and some combat exp. So the new char will not start from zero.

Re: Restart from scratch... not.

Posted: Sat May 16, 2015 2:29 pm
by luminier
is the skill loss random? or do all skills just drop by a set amount?

also really cool idea guys... this would definitely bring some old players back i am sure. props to whoever thought of it and the team that put it together

Re: Restart from scratch... not.

Posted: Sat May 16, 2015 2:30 pm
by luminier
oh and if you have skills associated with a guild are those automatically lost?

Re: Restart from scratch... not.

Posted: Sat May 16, 2015 2:30 pm
by Abharsair
luminier wrote:is the skill loss random? or do all skills just drop by a set amount?
It's a set amount. No random involved.
luminier wrote:also really cool idea guys... this would definitely bring some old players back i am sure. props to whoever thought of it and the team that put it together
It was the idea of an ex-player.

Re: Restart from scratch... not.

Posted: Sat May 16, 2015 2:31 pm
by Abharsair
luminier wrote:oh and if you have skills associated with a guild are those automatically lost?
Yes.

Re: Restart from scratch... not.

Posted: Sat May 16, 2015 9:54 pm
by Kasim
*girly scream of glee* This is perfect! So much thanks, wizzies! :D

Re: Restart from scratch... not.

Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2016 8:06 pm
by Itenin
My god this sounds awesome. Did it happen? Makes me wish I hadn't had Itenin deleted!

Re: Restart from scratch... not.

Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2016 9:41 pm
by luminier
yeah it did happen, deets are in the news post i believe under "reincarnation"

Re: Restart from scratch... not.

Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 12:16 pm
by anglachel
Itenin wrote:My god this sounds awesome. Did it happen? Makes me wish I hadn't had Itenin deleted!
So long the name is not in reuse a restoration should be possible.

Re: Restart from scratch... not.

Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2016 12:19 am
by Itenin
Truly? I doubt anyone else has ran around as Itenin. Any idea how best to go about initiating this?

Re: Restart from scratch... not.

Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2016 2:41 am
by Delia
Good news! Now come and play :)

Re: Restart from scratch... not.

Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2016 3:36 am
by anglachel
For are restoration you must give a good reason. We want no daily delete and restore next day.
IO is also important why the char was deleted.