Character Wipe when Open Beta ends?

OK, so I checked most of the announcements and didnt find a clear answer to this. It's a free to play game and I have to admit the first I find interesting enough to play longer than Minesweeper. So how does this work with Open Beta?
Will there ever be a final version? Will some GGG guy make an announcement some day and say 'You may no longer call this Beta, but continue to do w/e you did before.' and that's it? Or will every Character be wiped at some point?
Since my gaming time is limited and the skill tree system is also rather unforgiving, I do not want to invest all my time into stuff that gets erased in a couple of months.
Anyone an idea?

From 0.10.0 notes:

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As part of the process of entering Open Beta, we have wiped all characters and reverted them to level 1 so that their names are retained. All items have been destroyed apart from the Unique prize item "Demigod's Presence" and Kiwi pets. There will never be another character or item wipe.

Must have missed the front page of website that says NO MORE CHARACTER WIPES welcome to Open Beta :)

I did not miss that.

I'm asking about end of open beta. Will PoE be endless Beta?

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Stabbology a écrit :

I did not miss that.

Then you know what the answer is.

No means meow

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Stabbology a écrit :

I did not miss that.

I'm asking about end of open beta. Will PoE be endless Beta?

there will never be another wipe. meaning you will always be able to access and play your character with all of its items without fear of it being reset.

You asked about whether stuff will be erased again we answered does it really matter if this game ever comes outta beta. NO MORE CHARACTER WIPES thats what you wanted to know doesnt matter if it stays beta or not they already said no more wipes EVER.

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Stabbology a écrit :

I'm asking about end of open beta. Will PoE be endless Beta?

No, it won´t!

As far as I know the OB should last about half a year. After that it´s "final", but I´m sure there will be patches and new content after the official final status, so you can say it´s never final when nothing goes wrong!

well, you guys sound rather certain about that quote. For me that paragraphh sounds a bit like this exclusion of character wipes is linked to the Open Beta and not to all time.