The sandbox MMO Landmark will undergo a character and claim wipe in April. This is likely to be the only one during the beta, even though players will have to say goodbye to their possessions later on.
Wipes are the nightmare of MMO players in an existing world. It means that they lose everything they have worked for until then and must start over. A fate that is often inevitable in Alphas and Betas.
In April, DGC has now announced a wipe for their builder MMO Landmark. The game is still in closed beta. Some have been hoping for over half a year that it would switch to open beta. However, the April wipe will not herald the transition to open beta.
Characters and their claims will be deleted, but not the accounts and items purchased in the marketplace.
The current wipe is intended to be the only one that affects both characters and claims. Later, when transitioning to open beta, there will be another “claim” wipe, but the characters will remain untouched by that.
Landmark is the sister project to Everquest Next. The EQ franchise and the studio behind it, DGC, have faced a crisis or at least a transformation in recent months: EverQuest Next loses lead developer – what happens next?
