1.0 Character Data in Beta Test Phase 3 and 4 - Will it carry?

[Zhyrios]

To me, the roadmap makes it sound like they haven't decided. Created characters will stay - but the wording seems like progress might be wiped if anything unforseen happens, like that time when 1.X was released and you could spam-heal NPCs for astoundingly high EXP.

From the Roadmap:

• Phase 3 characters will be deleted at the start of phase 4.
• Characters created during [Phase 4] will be carried over to the official release.

  * Circumstance may necessitate the deletion of character data.

I know of this, but I'm mostly curious if those rules count when we're talking about our 1.0 characters since we can import them in phase 3.