After almost eight years of operation, we have accumulated thousands of inactive accounts with thousands of items. These accounts and items are saved every time the world saves and directly contribute to ever increasing save times.
As we look to the future, I find it prudent to establish a policy on purging inactive data from our server. Afterall, we have years of operation ahead of us and I would like to keep things running as smooth as possible for our active players.
Starting January 1st, 2024, inactive accounts will be occasionally checked and removed based on the following criteria:
* 1 Legacy = 24 hours in-game time
Examples:
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As we look to the future, I find it prudent to establish a policy on purging inactive data from our server. Afterall, we have years of operation ahead of us and I would like to keep things running as smooth as possible for our active players.
Starting January 1st, 2024, inactive accounts will be occasionally checked and removed based on the following criteria:
- No activity for over 10 years. (once applicable)
- No activity for over 5 years with less than 30 Legacy*.
- No activity for over 1 year with less than 1 Legacy*.
* 1 Legacy = 24 hours in-game time
Examples:
- Any account with 30+ Legacy will be retained for up to 10 years if no longer used.
- Logging in resets the 10-year timer.
- Any account with 1+ Legacy will be retained for up to 5 years if no longer used.
- Logging in resets the 5-year timer.
- Any account with < 1 Legacy, and no activity for a whole year, will be removed.
- Logging in resets the 1-year timer.
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