Beta test... will be saved on your character progress?

[Eruantien]

I actually read it the same way seirra did, you get to keep your character, so your name and looks but not levels and quests completed. But seems like I am wrong.

[Seirra_Lanzce]

character data can be anything really.. lol, i have a vague feeling that what you guys think is not what you guys hope. Is sound too good to be true. because i have been in many beta, only a few in fact let you keep your level, but most popular IP doesn't.

[AlexNiculaie]

At Beta 3 you can import your 1.0 character. At the start of Beta 4, anything you did in 3 will be wiped. They are looking at allowing Beta 4 progress to carry over to launch, but it is not guaranteed at this stage. Probably won't know until Beta 4. Characters created in Beta 4, however, will be carried over (even if their progress isn't). That's about all we know.

[Dannythm]

So, another thing, will we be able to modify our characters appearance by the beta phase 4, or will we need to wait for release?

[AlexNiculaie]

I think we should be able to. They said that the character creation part carries over, I assume that includes modifications to 1.0 characters.

[Lady]

Rak_Boy your signature gif is hillarious!

[Lucke]

So, another thing, will we be able to modify our characters appearance by the beta phase 4, or will we need to wait for release?

So yeah, I'm confused about this.

Phase 3 we import our characters. Does that mean we're stuck with our old characters? Will we be able to import our characters but change their race/gender then, or do we have to wait for Phase 4?

Same here. When Phase 4 rolls around, we have to re-upload our characters because they get wiped. So at this point can we change race/gender too? Do we have to wait until full release to change race/gender and we are stuck with our 1.0 race till release?

Hope that made sense.

[Dannythm]

So yeah, I'm confused about this.

Phase 3 we import our characters. Does that mean we're stuck with our old characters? Will we be able to import our characters but change their race/gender then, or do we have to wait for Phase 4?

Same here. When Phase 4 rolls around, we have to re-upload our characters because they get wiped. So at this point can we change race/gender too? Do we have to wait until full release to change race/gender and we are stuck with our 1.0 race till release?

Hope that made sense.

My take on this is that the reconfiguration of our characters will be at beta 4, mainly because on beta 3 probably only Legacy players + the selected people will be playing it, but not every player whom ever created a character, but as the phase 4 rolls, the open beta, every 1.0 character will be available to everyone who ever played the game, so it would make sense to allow the changes from there, up to some point after release when they'll disable the option.

[SwordCoheir]

you all failed to also point out: - Benefits such as early access may be offered between the open beta and official release

I can see how that would be beneficial, it would give them a chance to catch any last minute bugs of the final release before the release date. I mean let's be honest no release is perfect out of the box and there's usually a few weeks of constant patch updates and maintenance minimum after the release date, where SE is trying to make this a sure fire re-launch it would give them an opportune chance to leave a lasting good impression on the community.

[Punainen]

Oh, good, I was wondering, and now I know. So by the time I can play my own 1.0 character, progress will carry over, it appears. So I'll know not to waste any quest exp on an already capped job. :B