by MagicManICT » Wed Aug 01, 2012 7:01 pm
But that's not really deletion as it doesn't get rid of the character and what they own.
Some specifics...
Deletion of a character entails 3 things:
1. Removal of the character from the server database, as is usual for most games. This is likely an irrevocable process. (In theory, the character might be retrieved from backups, but... that's a huge customer service and IT issue that can get extremely expensive.)
2. Removal of any rights of inheritance--since the character no longer exists, you can't inherit anything from it.
3. Removal of any claims that said character has placed. This might even include town claims, but that could be up for debate. Anything else in the game... if it's not claimed, it's fair game. There is no ownership rules other than what is on a claim (or in a building flagged as a homestead). Items that were on the claim become free for the taking until they rot away.
A word of warning on this: anything like master keys, items flagged to another player (such as writs and charters), or other goods a player might want to keep would get destroyed along with the character record.
I think that's a good start for a discussion and rules to work with for character deletion.
I am a moderator. I moderate stuff. When I do, I write in this color.JohnCarver wrote:anybody who argues to remove a mechanic that allows "yet another" way to summon somebody is really a carebear in disguise trying to save his own hide.