I just dont understand one thing. Why you (devs) dont post any info about fresh update work you did. It could be only few lines of text, "i made three lines of scripts today", or "i create new AI but it was bad so i need to work on it from scratch", or "i am moving to new house, i dont care about players until any of them will not help me." After wipe, you can write: "no more work for 5 months, we need to work on our families." Simply. We know that you have duties in real world, you can ignore whining of kids. But it would be more fair for core fans of this project.
Maybe, you can write something more about yourself, where you work, what do (did) you study.. I guarantee you, that it will help to change the vision of players on developers. From monsters to critters.
Wipe (not current):
If work on next update wipe will be longer, you can still "wipe server for better gameplay" => wipe it without any (major) updates. But if you have quite more time, you could only change some variables to change gameplay of next session.
I.e.: no more HQ materials, ammo is more expensive, eliminate some drugs, critters have 10 more lifes (or only half) .. so it would not be same.
Reason? Maybe you dont realize, but post wipe time is best part of every session. Nobody has anything, you need to level up your crafters and other chars, players trade among themselfs in NCR bazaar, you are happy if you kill scorpion etc..
But we have to wait on this short part of session (week, max two for those who take vacations for fonline
) for year and half! Not whining, not crying, only statement.