what happend to characters from 2013 ?

[Kozzy68]

Hi there,
I have returned to my old account from 2013. Im consitering starting again. Was there some mass character delete in the past ? I heard about map whipe but I was hoping they will let to keep players at least someting.
Is quite bad as I had quite lot of money.

Also what is climate on the server this days regarding evil mean kiddie players/fractions killing newbs for fun ? Or people just having fun looting newb settlement just to trash all yours items for fun knowing they will not find any usefull item anyway.
It was not easy to defend in the past even after sinking months into building defences.

So far I seems that game got improved and balanced better.
What I dont like is that used Leantos are crazy dense evhere. Also its relaative easy to find lot of advanced abandon items and large claims with advanced equipment wich kind of spoils fun.
Even hills are quite dense. I presume landmarks and new travel system with maps is motivating people to have 100 alts.

[Procne]

There was a wipe in february 2014

[salemwutwut]

also no more bank alts, everything stays in game and can be looted at homestead, inventory, clothes, etc... investing in defense is worthy now, but raiding is being changed

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if you bought any store packs, check the postmaster in Providence, all purchases were restored and should still be in there

[TotalyMeow]

Also what is climate on the server this days regarding evil mean kiddie players/fractions killing newbs for fun ? Or people just having fun looting newb settlement just to trash all yours items for fun knowing they will not find any usefull item anyway.
It was not easy to defend in the past even after sinking months into building defences.

If you're on the permanent server, Providence, defenses are pretty strong. Build a stone wall and a few braziers on your claim to start and MOST people won't bother you unless you have a lot of sheds and stuff to make it look worth it. You'll want better walls and more solid brazier defenses before you do that. We also have improved the torchposts so that they are worth building, and have added more brazier types and more wall types. These days, it takes many hours to breach a good defense and an active defender can usually keep a group of raiders out of he's smart.

Structures are a lot more difficult to destroy now as well. They have to be lit on fire and burn for a good long time, so even if your base did get raided, you'd likely be left with your structures at the very least.

Popham is a bit more dangerous. Raids are meant to be more common and there are things like cannons that make it easier to raid.

[Kozzy68]

Thanks for re.
I was reading 2004 server changes summary. Looks like wipe includes characters. Thats positive too so that titans had to start again.
I love that alt storage system is gone that was one of the many idiotic items that made me quit.

After reading some political forum theerd tho idiots seems to be still present along some abusive maybe not 100% fair mechanics but I think I give it try again.

Only thing that makes me doubt right now if its worth to spend time in salem is that map looks like overpopulated junkyard right now with lot of lenatos and dead bases. I miss feeling that Im exploring colonizing some far far land untouched by human hand good for hiding base.. I had few spots that were quite lightly populated on old server but new server its crazy dense so far. I was exploring mainly NW area. Personally I liked that it was not easy to teleport around map using maps as now it could be probably abused with 100 alts used as way points.

[Dallane]

Thanks for re.
I was reading 2004 server changes summary. Looks like wipe includes characters. Thats positive too so that titans had to start again.
I love that alt storage system is gone that was one of the many idiotic items that made me quit.

After reading some political forum theerd tho idiots seems to be still present along some abusive maybe not 100% fair mechanics but I think I give it try again.

Only thing that makes me doubt right now if its worth to spend time in salem is that map looks like overpopulated junkyard right now with lot of lenatos and dead bases. I miss feeling that Im exploring colonizing some far far land untouched by human hand good for hiding base.. I had few spots that were quite lightly populated on old server but new server its crazy dense so far. I was exploring mainly NW area. Personally I liked that it was not easy to teleport around map using maps as now it could be probably abused with 100 alts used as way points.

If you get far away from providence and the outpost you will see much more wilderness

[JohnCarver]

Thanks for re.
I was reading 2004 server changes summary. Looks like wipe includes characters. Thats positive too so that titans had to start again.
I love that alt storage system is gone that was one of the many idiotic items that made me quit.

After reading some political forum theerd tho idiots seems to be still present along some abusive maybe not 100% fair mechanics but I think I give it try again.

Only thing that makes me doubt right now if its worth to spend time in salem is that map looks like overpopulated junkyard right now with lot of lenatos and dead bases. I miss feeling that Im exploring colonizing some far far land untouched by human hand good for hiding base.. I had few spots that were quite lightly populated on old server but new server its crazy dense so far. I was exploring mainly NW area. Personally I liked that it was not easy to teleport around map using maps as now it could be probably abused with 100 alts used as way points.

If you want a truly brand-new server experience then you can always just keep your eye on the progress of the game until the 2nd expedition launches. Within a few months of Popham being ended we will release plans and begin work on the 2nd Expedition. These expeditions are brand-new servers where people start on the same playing field.

[Kozzy68]

Thanks I think I will stay on normal server . Last time in 2013 my GF got raided and killed as soon as she got first iron and 4 baziares. Keeping low profile with small base did not helped at all. It could not have been prevented I think.

Instead of crafting quite solid strategy for solo newbs was to explore and look for abandon towns scan them daily with alts and once claims dropped loot it. I took items we would have to work for months to get in one day. Not sure if it was how devs ment salem to be but it got me bored and than I quit also.
All that crafting and progression mechanics are so great in salem but it always made me disliked it to see how unbalanced is.

Well I see how it goes this time so far I was lucky to find few empty looted bases about 5 hours away from town. I took one that had some of coal and planks anvil oven and all basic equipment. I hope Im safe to that since I got just poor fence and that anvil and one shed are not consideted woth bothering. There is also one broken baziare but I have no money for metal to fix it.

[KruskDaMangled]

Get some torchposts. Those discourage people quite a bit too. There is also just the issue of picking a good spot to get left alone. Some areas have less people and traffic than you would expect. You just have to get a sense of where people are and how they think about "is this a good place to hide/look for people?" and second guess that.

That, and just be totally unappealing to attack. Every day you go that you increase defenses or go unmolested is a day stronger. Once you get strong enough vet people very, very, very carefully when letting them in. A fair amount will be Darwoth or people like him.