I grinded gear the last couple days just to see what the shingen c etc was like in PvP because there wasn't really much else to do at that point. Really I was just testing the mechanics and benefits of grinding because it will be needed in the final release, but I was testing the beta just as the beta was testing us. I don't care if anything carries over, and I'd prefer it didn't. With what I know now I'd make different choices than I did here and there. Besides I don't want to be a week into the game already when it comes out.