Billions and Billions of Nic, and literally years of playing time, all wiped because the mechanics were used to the extreme by players then changed, and changed and changed again.
No complaints about the wipe to fix mechanics once and for all, but only a week, max, of testing before Steam launch.
There is no way the players who truly know Gamma can thoroughly test it in that time. Just close Gamma until its tested and tweaked properly, please. Just this one time. The community is giving you a free pass with this wipe. Don't *** it up.
I'm going to add, you realize its simply not the technicality of the mechanics that needs to be tested, but the viability and survivabilty of a Gamma base. I strongly suspect you intend to simply test the new mechanics so they don't break and not whether there are enough connections on a terminal to ensure it doesn't die in 6 hours of absent owner.
Surprise me.