Originally posted by Sabre:

So, while I'm playing in the public test will it eventually merge in with the regular game? Is my progress in the public test simply just a test so my progress will be lost once the full update is released? They said to make a backup which I did but am I going back to my backup once the beta isn't a beta anymore? I wish they would have explained that better.

Yeah by playing this build you are "testing" for sure. I am testing on an old back-up of my current server build. I don't expect to carry anything I do here in test anywhere else.