Bad example:
1) There will always be new people coming to the game at a disadvantage of someone who is immensely wealthy and pimped.
2) 150000 populated worlds, hi!
3) even solo mode if you caannot jump to other system (!?)
as for dealing with people who has found exploits or whatever pre-release, surely they have the tools to check the db (the same reason i don't believe a partial wipe is not possible, it's either just lazyness or some odd argument like the ones you hear usually around here), just remove those items/credits from their balance.
anyway, they will do whatever they have to do... imo we will see a 'final wipe' close to release once gamma x.xx has been released. i'm fine with that as we are still playing a real beta/unfinished game.
People keep seeming to forget the above bolded point. The whole "Wipe so everyone starts off on the same foot" angle is inherently flawed. There will always be players that are further along than others. What happens when a group of people buy the game on Jan 16, 2015 (one month from launch)? Should the game be wiped again so everyone starts out the same?
If anything, I'd argue that NOT wiping would lead to a better launch experience. Give the galaxy a little time to get "warmed up" and populated, so to speak.