Item Duping

Raiderz has a huge issue with duping at the moment and the mods are scurrying to fix it. It has players screaming for server rollbacks because the game is new enough to warrant it, while other players are just asking for player wipes of abusers. Some players are asking for new servers so they can join one where people haven't cheated their way to the top. Either way, the item duping and hacks are a serious issue for the newly released Raiderz.

Server rollback:
Honestly, this is what I favor. Despite leveling a character up to thirty five, I found the process enjoyable. What I don't find enjoyable is players who are already in the highest gear imaginable with zero effort because they cheated. It ruins the game economy and really ruins PvP. If they did do a server rollback I would say that all Zen should be refunded to players to reuse. Although there are players who say they would quit if this happened, I'd wager they are all talk. With the Zen in the account they would stay to spend it. There are a lot of players who would be 'punished' by having their characters unfairly punished, but I doubt they want to play on a server where people run around with hacked items either. When there's an epidemic, sometimes the best course of action, is to burn everything.

This method would also ensure that nobody falls through the cracks.

Player wipes/IP bans of abusers:
This would be an option I would endorse if they can find a way to ensure 100% are punished. The fact is though, that some will slip through the cracks if this method is used. This teaches people that if they cheat, but not too much there are no consequences. If even one of the scumbags ruining the game slip through, it's too many.

In fact, besides the rollbacks, I think this should be in place as well. Anybody that they have discovered to be an abuser, should be IP banned even after the rollback occurs.

New Servers:
This is nice in theory, but expensive. Bandwidth costs money and the company shouldn't have to foot the bill because people have no ethics. It's not their fault that players are all self gratifying scumbags willing to cheat to win.

Also, this method pretty much ensures that those who abused the system still get away unpunished. Although I enjoy the idea of leaving all the cheaters on servers with each other, I prefer the idea of them getting banned permanently.

Overall:
Something needs to be done fast. Fortunately the developers are in a position where Raiderz is so new that even if they did the widely unpopular server wipe, they would be able to recoup everything. I honestly think that doing so would get them noticed in several game magazines and gamers like myself would appreciate that they punished it so harshly. In the end I think a server rollback would net more players than any of the other options for Raiderz.

That's my take anyway.