I say wipe it clean! The "veterans" were bored anyway... they had all the fancy ships all unboxed and all the fancy mods on them with all the rare books... they were just camping the new guys anyway killing the game, wipe it clean and give them something to do.. i say there were always new players coming to the game but they had no chance against bored veterans that had nothing to do than camp the new players trader brigs trying to make some cash to buy first normal ship. wipe it all.. i would gladly play this game than, for me this was just torture. yeah give them something to do.. crying that they gonna leave the game.. boo-hoo how many did already leave the game from this kind of experience... wipe it clean!!