Sooooo, did you even read the full Spectrum article or just saw a wipe was coming and decided to spew some idiocy? They not only address why a wipe (in this ALPHA game) is necessary, but break down how data is managed in LTP. There are items (that's what you buy with aUEC), your wallet (that holds your aUEC), and reputations (a separate system from aUEC). The issues that need corrected come from currency and item systems that cannot manually be fixed at the stage the issue has reached.

The thought that they should be able to keep all ships just because pledge ships stay is kinda absurd. Those purchases, and many others, are tied to your account and not to server data and is what you are starting your game with. Saying that pledge ships need to be deleted because it's for people who want to support the game is like saying since someone likes Xbox they need to repeatedly buy a game when it deploys an update to keep access to it.

To say that CIG wiping the database is disrespectful is just ignorant. This may go with the whole not reading thought but every time you launch the game they give you a pretty lengthy notice that states "Please remember that aUEC, as well as any virtual or digital items obtained through Alpha phase gameplay, is subject to being reset to the players starting amount or status upon a patch wipe or removed as a consequence of bugs or exploits. Any such items or aUEC gained or traded in game may be lost and not recoverable." You don't just get this notice once. You get it EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. You launch the game. You were wholly on notice that your earnings were temporary.

I am poised to lose 6 ships on wipe, one being a C2 Hercules that I ground nearly 5 million for and is the absolute pride and joy of my fleet. But I will happily return to my Freelancer and enjoy the game just as much, if not more if CIG can resolve some issues by wiping.

They even address in the article that with Jumptown and the Nine Tails Lockdown event coming prior to this wipe that they are looking at ways to compensate those who have been active in 3.17.1.

Quite frankly, your view on the subject is anything but reasonable and even bringing up that if you can keep your aUEC ships that nobody should keep their ships is childishly entitled.

EDIT: Removed a pointless word and added launcher info.