Confused about returning to game

[Tashtego 14]

When I come back to the game, say, the next day. I'm spawning fresh w/o the loot I acquired in the previous session. Is that to be expected?

[syrax 14]

Unless there is a character wipe between now and when you start to play again, you will still have all of your previous loot. Please correct me if im wrong.

[boneboys 7988]

No, not really.

There are two possible characters, one for Hardcore servers the other for Regular in the Stable build (+ 2 for Exp).

It does happen that the server is not connecting to the central data base (Hive) which could result in your problem.

 

Try different servers until you find one that connects.

[zyryx 14]

I sometimes spawn as a bambie, but if you keep switching servers you will eventually spawn with your missing loot.

[alu 3]

maybe you play on experimental branch. if you do so, every update you lose your character. at least i lost mine after the new experimental patch

[King Raptor 191]

Did you accidentally join a hardcore server while you were playing on a standard server or vice versa?

[DelayedReaction 18]

You might have been killed during logoff?

[Tashtego 14]

Thanks for the replies. I've been on one server only. That could be it. I'll shop around till it works. 

Edited July 28, 2014 by Tashtego

[Vertoxis 15]

When I come back to the game, say, the next day. I'm spawning fresh w/o the loot I acquired in the previous session. Is that to be expected?

To add to what others said there are a few reasons and ill list them .. repeating some already said of course

1.  There are two types of hives/servers .. Hardcore(First person view only) and Regular (allows Third person)

You can have 1 character for each type, these characters extend to all servers running that type.. so if you log on a hardcore server... play for a few hours.. then log off.. if you log on a DIFFERENT HARDCORE server.. that character should be there for you

Same goes with a regular server.... your regular character will not appear on a hardcore server... nor will a hardcore appear on a regular

2. Experimental, you may be playing on experimental... you need to set some stuff up to play on these servers.. so if you are new to the game or don't know what this is... chances are you are NOT playing on experimental .. you really cant get to them on accident ... But if you have been.... characters on experimental are wiped frequently (Mostly when updates happen)

3. ALWAYS REMEMBER WHEN LOGGING OFF... IT TAKES 30 SECONDS FOR YOU TO LEAVE SERVER... so when you exit the game.. your character is a sitting duck for 30 seconds ... a zombie or player who happens upon you can and probably will kill you.. if thats the case.. you will log in to a fresh character... 

If number 1 and 2 are not the cause.... then its most likely number 3

If none of the above are the cause

then its reason number 4

4. Its alpha... this kind of shit happens.. and it sucks but ... its alpha lolol