[quote name='Liberty4life' post='28331' date='Apr 6 2009, 04:43 PM']old data always can be converted so it becomes compatible with new code shutting down whole game for few hours to perform this is much better than whole db reset, thats how i see it, but i doubt that it is because of new features[/quote]
im pretty sure its not the fact that there is a new table structure. But the fact that many things have happened that has effected the fairity of the game and that it would be fairer on newer players.