Dude... THIS IS AN OPEN BETA TEST!!!
You do realize this game isn't final? What is the mean of wipes? Wipes do alot of help in open beta testing.
Wipe ALWAYS introduces ground-breaking updates. If the server doesn't get wiped, all players will still use their old characters, guns and other stuff, this leads to many players make a new character, because their current build is useless and the guns salvaged from pre-wipe update are useless (or changed enough to be useless in your style of play). WIPE IS GOOD!!!
There, I hope that will FINALLY stop those "OMG pl0x NO WIPE, GM ABEWZZ!!! WIPE STUPID I'M A DUMBASS!!!" threads. I didn't even put in that sentence stuff like new quests, that nobody is actually going to try out if they play their old characters. Wipe plays a very big role in beta testing, I see nothing wrong in it.
Thank you...