[DEV] Question about "Characters created during phase 4"

[ArkhamNative]

One NikoNiko reference mentioned PvP.

The PvP Coliseum will be added during phase 4 of the beta, but all PvP points earned will be reset at release to be fair to those not participating to the beta test.

Seems clear to me that this is an exception to a larger rule: character progress in phase 4 will carry over.

I guess what makes the meaning seem obvious to me is that I've never been in a beta test where they delete only character progress but leave your character name and cosmetic choices in the database. Plus it's much safer and simpler to delete and create a new database (plus a restore for converted v1 characters?), which wipes all changes made during a testing period. This is also a procedure they've tested and performed repeatedly during the beta process.

Writing and testing a program to go through nearly a million characters' data to selectively delete pieces (and/or convert to a new data schema) is a lot more effort, bug-prone, and time-intensive. It's the choice of days or weeks instead of about an hour or so. (I seem to remember Yoshi-P said the process of converting v1 characters to v2 would take over a month.)

Oh, and per Yoshi-P at Nico Nico, we also know that there will be an "early access" for all preorders that Legacy will also qualify for. So it's now confirmed Phase 4 -> Early Access -> Release.