what happened to my characters and progress from befor the update ?

[Glitchtonic]

started up the game to try the new update and all my characters are gone, what gives ?

[jeyk]

They had to wipe, because of the new update and it might happen often if necessary in future updates, since it is early access.

I think your old char before update is somehow accessable but idk how. You prolly have to change the version of the game or something.

[VenomTexas]

save files are there, they just not loaded by new client.

[Woodyyz]

they are delusional if they think with each update we are going to play from the beginning and w8 for town upgrades, lol