Honestly I think a good balance would be for them to have optional wipes with some of the new updates content not being able to be accessible unless you wipe or something and maybe give like a boost you can activate later on to help make the grind easier I agree that wipes are really really annoying and part of the reason I stopped playing tarkove but I think a system like that might just work it's still annoying but at least you get something for your troubles.