Unused Character Cleanup May 28 2002 10:22PM CST   Character data takes up a great deal of space on the servers. Many players have multiple characters that they do not play (characters made for one-time events, made during their regular shard downtime, etc.). Purging characters that are not being used will result in shorter backups, decreasing shard downtime and increasing overall performance. This system will not need to wait for a publish to turned on, but will be activated once it becomes necessary (i.e. when the available disk space on a shard becomes low). Once it is turned on, it will be a permanent addition to the game. Since it will only be activated in the event of low disk space, it may not be activated on all shards at once necessarily. Design Characters will be deleted after not having been used for 6 months unless the character has over 350 total skill points. Characters at or below 350 total skill points will need to be "refreshed." Refreshing is defined as logging a character in and then logging out. Logging in a character will reset the six month timer. Characters with over 350 combined skill points will not be deleted, and do not need to be refreshed. Back