They're not going to do that. But just to illustrate a point... [quote]What's the point in putting hundreds (if not thousands, for some players) of hours into your characters if they're only going to get scrapped every 2-3 years?[/quote] Practically every title-release franchise game with sequels that we have ever played has had you start all over from scratch, even if you were playing as the same original character. Just look at Halo. Every time you start with nothing unlocked. Then the next title comes out and you start all over again. Rarely, if ever, has any franchise allowed users to import a character exactly as it was at the end of the previous title release into a new title and let them continue on as they were.