Okay, I have read through quite a bit of the forum posts and have not seen this question answered so here goes!

When the game goes live will the characters we have already created and leveled up be deleted? All the items/kinah we can accumulated just go away?

This is the first time I've played a beta so I'm not really sure what to expect.

Please disregard this question, I just found the answer! I guess I'll have to start over, but that's okay, now I know a little better what I need to do!

Yeah it sucks though i leveled like 20 chars 15+ so i should level fast on live!

Aye, aside from the fun of beta, it's also mainly to test and kick the tires on the server and spot problems, all servers wiped clean.

Consider the benefits you got from participating in beta to include but not limited to:

Early look at an awesome game

Chance to report bugs and improve the game

Learn the controls and functions and how things work before live release

A big taste of the content and classes and races so you have more of a basis to select your "Live" characters besides a 3 paragraph description on some web page

Not having to ask in General:
~~"Where's Tutty?"
~~"Someone link the location of the Cube!"
~~"What do you mean Boromor is straight up??"
~~"Crab Norris, who's Crab Norris?" *oneshot death from behind*