Quote Originally Posted by Jadzia View Post
The devs should recover your character from the backup files, or if they are not able to they should give you the stats/skills/recipes you had before, teleport you to your totem and help to get it back.This is the minimum in case of character loss which should never happen in a game.
Good to know, thanks! I'm not in a panic quite yet, and I already got an email and a pm about it from staff, too. So they're quick. My biggest worry over having to start over would be that the thought of skilling up scavenging to a useful level a second time does not appeal!