Guille, Colino says(you guys should seriously visit his blog from time to time!) he already finished the NPCs in Udini city, he's going to release them with the update in early February, accurate date yet unknown...
Death, I know, I got the same problem. I gave my character the same name I gave to the previous one and it stayed the same as before Imade the new char. It was still a Necro, the same level and class, the same area,...
Deathmaker, if you give it the same name, it doesn't create a new character, but stays on the old one. Angelica, nothing yet, but in a couple of weeks, you will be able to escape mosters which would usually kill you thanks to it.
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