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One Winged Angel1357 -> Character Reset (8/7/2012 21:41:49)
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I have seen multiple questions about account deletion and even asked a few of those myself and finally an idea that would be similar to that has popped into my head and to my knowledge it wont mess up the master account system nearly as bad.
If I said this was simple I would be lying so be ready to open your mind and think outside the box with me. Though I will write this in the most simple way I can and trust me I can be very simple.
The suggestion is a code you get when you create a character the game generates a case sensitive code that uses letters(obviously) and numbers ranging from 4 digits, for this entire suggestion digits will refer to letters and numbers, to however many digits are required to account for every character that will ever be in EpicDuel. This code will be used to reset your character or in simple terms take you back to the character creation screen but your name will stay the same so players can't get free name changes.
Now to get into the meat of the suggestion because that was the most basic of a basic overview I could think of.
Like I said before the game creates a code for every character not every account this way if you get scammed your less likely to lose everything to the reset feature. Just off of the 4 digit combinations you have 238,328 different codes so the chances of a scammer being able to guess your code is slim to none. A hacker on the other hand, well if your hacked the level of security that a flash game provides will not be enough to save your account from being reset if they so choose to reset your account. Now to reset your account you would have to visit M4tr1x in the Overlord Facility and click on reset account. Once you click that you are given a prompt to read and a place to enter your reset code and after that is done you are taken back to the character creation screen.
Your reset code will work however many times you want to use it so you can reset your character at any time and for any reason, so long as you can get to M4tr1x that is.
Now the prompt I mentioned earlier will tell you that resetting your character is final after you hit the continue button on the creation screen. With resetting your character you lose all your weapons, armor, bots, bikes, credits, but you keep your varium. ONLY RESET IF YOU HAVE TO.
Yeah that is along the lines of what the prompt should mention but the Devs can word it however they please.
What of the current players you ask. Well when they log in they will get the same pop up screen they would get if they had just made a new account and it would give them their reset code and it would have a massage telling them to write it down in a place they will never lose it because you only get to see it once, actually twice because you would have to confirm two screens one with the code on it telling you to what it's purpose is and another telling you the code and to write it down(word doc, txt doc, note on your phone, hard copy, ect.) and the confirm buttons would be on other sides of the screen from each other so you have to find them and read the page.
Now here is one final piece I would like to add to this idea that gives the reset code real value to every player. If you have every used the quick account recovery then you know exactly how this will work and you can just stop reading and comment because that's what I'm about to describe. Okay for those of you who don't know quick account recovery is for members who have paid on an account, DF AQ MQ WF or AQW, so can get their account back by entering a transaction code or a gift card code, I've done it and it works the longest part of the process is finding the page. Now if you have one of your reset codes you can use it to regain control of your account if it is scammed or hacked. Now what stops you from entering a random code and getting someone else's account in your hands you ask. That's a good question but after you enter the reset code a password with a confirmation code will be sent to the original email used on your EpicDuel account and once you enter the confirmation code another email will be sent telling you the username and password for the account linked to that character. So in short every code only has one email that works with it and F2P's will be able to have quick account recovery, which is good because I bet we are the most scammed group in the game.
So if you have read to here click that shiny "post reply" button and give me some feedback on this idea
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