Yesterday, a major patch for H1Z1 went live, bringing several new features and also clearing the server. Less than 24 hours later, players are calling for a reset of the game world.
The patch in H1Z1 yesterday deserved the name “Big Damn Patch,” a little wordplay between dam and “damn” in English. The servers were down for several hours. There was supposed to be a restart: the world and the players would start over from scratch.
Many players are always looking forward to this: the world is nice and free, and they can build fresh.
However, there seemed to be some issues with the building rules; they were not as active as expected. It was also possible to build on “cement,” meaning within the cities. This is now actually forbidden, as it led to numerous problems and made the world look “built up.”
A bug fix was released this afternoon that addressed some other issues, but not the problem with the erroneous buildings. Now players are calling for another server wipe after the hotfix so that the “illegally built” structures disappear and early starters lose their unfair advantage.
The developers have not yet come to a statement on whether a wipe should take place after the next hotfix.
