What Happens on Map Restart?

[Devour]

So, what's happening on a map restart? Are all our character's skills going to disappear, too? I mean, I'm fine with that, especially if there're major changes involved in the skills system - but just wondering.

Also, when we transverse from alpha to beta ( however far in the future that may be ) what'll happen then?

[loftar]

I think I described it somewhere else, but as I can't find the thread, I'll do it again. :)

The map wipe (whenever it happens) will only wipe the maps itself. All characters and their attributes will be retained, but everyone will start out anew at the Ring of Brodgar. For the character-related changes made so far (the last one of which happened before our "population boom"), I've been able to transition the characters smoothly. Of course, there might be a time when that might not be possible, but I cannot think of what that might be.

And currently, we don't even know what a transition from alpha into beta would even mean, or what even might mark it, so it's a bit hard to predict. I think one day we'll just realize that it's closer to a beta than an alpha, and then call it by that. :)