MultiVersus has taken the world by storm; it’s currently the biggest fighting game on the planet, and is second only to Stray in terms of popularity, going off of PSNProfile’s admittedly small sample size and associated Trophy data.
Some players began playing last week as a part of MultiVersus’ early access period and had access to four free characters, that is, characters that are unlocked from the moment you boot the game up. Those characters were Shaggy, Taz, Jake and Harley Quinn.
There was some confusion, then, when the open beta update went live this week, and the roster of free characters had changed. The starting squad now consists of Superman, Finn, Garnet and Reindog.
Early access players found that their progress with the original lineup had been reset, with the levels and perks they had acquired having been lost. Confused, some took to social media looking for answers. Warner Bros Games Director of Social and Community Nikki Grantham clarified the situation, in an announcement over on the MultiVersus Discord server:
“Starting today, we’ll have a new section of our roster that will be free to all players that will change every two weeks. Character progression you earn with these characters beginning from Early Access during this timeframe will be saved, so when they’re back in rotation – or if you unlock them with in-game Gold – you’ll be able to continue right where you left off.”
“Moving forward, character progression will not reset. All characters will always be unlockable with in-game earnable Gold again when they come out of the free character preview rotation. If you played during the Early Access period, all of your progression to all of the characters you played during July 19-25 is saved. So, no worries if you can’t unlock all of the characters you played before; you’ll keep and resume your progress once they’re in the free rotation, or if you unlock them.”
So a little confusing, but the gist of the situation is that free character progress will no longer be reset moving forward, and once you unlock someone with in-game-Gold (which is earnt via gameplay), you won’t lose access to them again in the future.
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