About the reset, I think there should be a full wipe. You guys are complaining about your characters and items when you only played for a few days... hell this isn't won't even be the same Ascalon. The one you guys played on was Blazed and this new one will be Lava's/Fare's so why should you keep items and levels when it's a different server? It's a new server which means a new start which means a full wipe. If they are not smart enough to do this and want to help a few of those players who played for 10 hours straight and then complain they don't want to lose their character instead of thinking about the rest of Ascalon players then you're heading in a bad direction. The only compensation I see being fair is a decorative item or something that has no effect on gameplay like a trophy saying what level you got or whatever.