Quote from alex@rustorbust.org on July 8, 2016, 3:11 pm

Well, as many of you are aware, there have been some MAJOR issues with the roll-out of the XP patch. We have determined some of these issues and their associated fixes to require a wipe and update.

Issues resolved here include XP issues allowing insane and unattended leveling, Server performance issues (we went from 13 fps average to 213!), loot issues, and more.

Nearly all big players in the high-pop scene share this view, including Rustafied, Rustopia, and Rusty Moose. Others will be forced to follow very soon.

I sincerely apologize to those who effectively wasted hours of their lives as a result of these patches and hot-fixes, however I hope you are able to see this for what it is - making the best of a shit situation.

We did go ahead and update the map to better accommodate our pop boom.

Thanks for reading, and thanks for playing!

-Alex