So that purge is coming now. There are plenty of reasons for that one being the thing that players are considered as a newbies if they don't have 110 level+, in our opinion it shouldn't be like that and game should be playable and enjoyable from the beginning to the top1 + maxlevels etc. So we are going to change also some things and there is somekind of list:
level cap will be 100
guilds are fitted to work with that level cap
rates will be much more balanced with each guilds
some miniguilds(chefs,fishermens etc) will be closed for a while and soon turned to profession system which doesn't use normal levels
races will start from different towns (like you have already noticed)
free reincs will end.
different cities will have different reputations + there could be things which needs certain reputation to be usable, some areas might give reputation to somewhere
equipments will break completely when using and that will force players to do eq parties to get new eq's, also eq's are going to affect more because of smaller stats
things which players will lose in purge:
masteries
exp
money
equipments
explore
levelquests
best solo/party kills
some other data
things which players will still have after purge.
task points
castles!
age
some other data like friends,enemies,etc lists
also we are aiming for new players and advertising in different places like mudconnector.
i'm hoping that this wizlock will be as short as possible, but remember it might take couple days to get all tested.