That's what i liked so much about City of Heroes (RIP) - finding a character, that looks like yourself was nearly impossible. I hope they bring on some more stuff in the (hope so) years to come - it's only the beginning, isn't it? :) /salute
Well i could post this: http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/03/27/eas-gibeau-simcity-plays-like-an-mmo/ Or i could ask you, if you're irony-detector is damaged? :) /salute
Typical a Open-Beta is for stresstesting the servers and finetuning what is not perfect. Char-Wipes would be a possibility (in most cases a 100% fact). Not here, because there would a fancy little Law-Suit if all the paying customers would lose real money for items they bought. So yeah, i agree with the OP.