I have never read a bigger pile of one-sided bullsh*t basically advocating for full wipe in order to easily do away with schematics. Just announce the decision and get it over with.
At beginning of beta it was announced "no more wipes except as required for updates" (like the mining update that was done). So if NQ do decide to wipe, it would be yet another promise broken. This also completely ignores that people have been paying monthly to play...
As for "removing unfair advantage" and "level playing field". These are fallacies to help people sleep better at night. The players with the know how will return to the positions of abundance they have now in short order. There will always be "haves" and "have nots". All a wipe does is a slap in the face of the people that put time into the game after being told a wipe would not happen.
Make a system that creates schematics rather than remove them. The problem with schematics, like the markets, is that they do not give player agency. A player cannot make a schematic at all, they have to be bought. Make science research a thing.
Cons for wipe have already been mentioned: As I said, the "NQ thoughts" are heavily aligned to a wipe disregarding promises and small details like leaving an empty world, avid supporters of the game just leave, and paying customers just get their stuff removed.
What a wipe also does is remove the history of DU such as it is... like Thoramine. Deleting a piece of DU history like that is unforgivable.
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