I am new to the game (I got it a week before official release) and for me, in the legacy servers, it was an absolute nightmare (I play Official PVP) .. because everyone was already way ahead of me in terms of equipment, knowledge, level and bases... if they wouldn't have wiped the servers, noobs like me would've brought the game and got fed up after a few hours... so far since official release, because every ones started fresh, I've managed to build a base, tame some dinos, learn some game knowledge, make allies and not be griefed by lvl 100's every 10 minutes. The game is very complex, I work full time so only get to play a few hours in the evening and at weekends, and theirs still a shit ton of stuff I do not know/understand, so people who've played the game from the beginning, even though the servers have been wiped, they still have a massive advantage over us nubs ! You asking to also be able to keep your high level characters is quite frankly just a load of old bollocks!