If indeed a wipe is needed, it is disappointing. I can understand for older players that a clean slate (wipe) is no doubt a welcomed idea, been there plenty of times myself but as I've literally just completed my base lol, I am totally not looking forward to it. So I would vote against the wipe, personally. Not only that, but I know that the issues your server is having may very well be related to issues that can be resolved without the wipe, such as overlapped or abandoned landclaims, removal of xml script that would prevent buggy items such as the minibike from being built and such through regional wipes. So instead of wiping the server as a whole, you'd be wiping regions that has been populated or messed with a lot. Also, you could save/backup player profiles to your server, so people who don't want the wipe, won't lose their experience and skills currently gained. I understand that some players my really desire the resetting of their character, and that's totally cool. I would suggest giving the option to your active players to request the profile backup, in the case that there is a wipe, or in the chance that you decide to do regional wipes instead in their areas. Players could gather in their inventory everything they want transferred to the newly refreshed map. Anyways, just a thought.