An equipment and mineral wipe won't solve anything. There's still going to be the huge powerhouse players and all the equipment is just going to be remade within a week. All that would do would provide an income for some tinkers. Even so a lot of people are connected and would get it back for free.

I think a pwipe would level the playing field again. Last one was 8 years ago. But I do think that any major bugs/new ideas/new areas that can be implemented should be finished before the pwipe.