# What is going to happened with early access characters
**URL:** https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/what-is-going-to-happened-with-early-access-characters/108
**Category:** Wicked General
**Created:** [March 7, 2024, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/what-is-going-to-happened-with-early-access-characters/108 "2024-03-07T20:18:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Angel](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/Angel)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2024, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/what-is-going-to-happened-with-early-access-characters/108/1 "2024-03-07T20:18:18Z")
Do we expect our progress to be deleted or you think to keep characters after planned 1.0 release? Did you discuss this question already with the team, i believe it is important to be answered before 18th of April. Thanks.
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### Author:  [@MisterFlames](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/MisterFlames)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/what-is-going-to-happened-with-early-access-characters/108/2 "2024-03-07T20:40:13Z")
I can see this happening if there is a need to rebalance characters and / or items. But yeah, knowing would be good.
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### Author:  [@Diogo](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/Diogo)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2024, 5:53am UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/what-is-going-to-happened-with-early-access-characters/108/3 "2024-03-08T05:53:18Z")
From what I’ve seen from other Early Access, it’s not uncommon for save files to become incompatible or buggy after very large patches.
There’s also the possibility that a character that feels really good, end up not as good as result of balance changes.
So my recommendation would be to not get too attached to a save file.
On the other hand, I would expect save files to continue compatible during minor patches.
But then again, if there’s a very large patch, don’t you want to play from the beginning to see new content added, or just to see what changed?
Anyways, this seems like the sort of game with a lot of replay value, so I’m not too worried. That said, I don’t plan to do any sort of long-term grinding during Early Access, unless it’s just for fun.
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### Author:  [@thomasmahler](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/thomasmahler)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2024, 12:17pm UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/what-is-going-to-happened-with-early-access-characters/108/4 "2024-03-09T12:17:16Z")
Impossible to say at this point.
Fully depends on how much we’re changing throughout Early Access.
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### Author:  [@Tesshu](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/Tesshu)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/what-is-going-to-happened-with-early-access-characters/108/5 "2024-04-25T18:13:26Z")
Throwing some ideas here, what about having something like POE Leagues maybe? might not be useful for early access saves but in general for big updates after v1.0, I think it provides a way for everyone to start fresh if they want but without loosing old characters
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### Author:  [@Parabellum](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/Parabellum)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2024, 10:35am UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/what-is-going-to-happened-with-early-access-characters/108/6 "2024-04-29T10:35:26Z")
90% all the characters will reset.
The game is pretty buggy as is.
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### Author:  [@mindlesspuppet](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/mindlesspuppet)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2024, 7:35am UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/what-is-going-to-happened-with-early-access-characters/108/7 "2024-04-30T07:35:45Z")
99% likely going to be reset.