I think we are starting to lose ourselves in all this now.
I mean, like someone told me once in this exact topic, I understand there are wishes and hopes on certain things but when I see someone saying they would be frustrated by not having their characters back, it sounds like a "I want it all or I don't want it at all" (I know, it's not everyone who said that who sounded that way but some did).
For now, don't forget that while we look so close of having the game back, it is still so far at the same time. I think asking for the game is already a big thing, especially if things have to be coded on a new engine (or whatever I was able to understand from it).
I have been part of the beta myself and never stopped since day one so yes, I can understand that some says they lost work from 8 years but, at the same time, it is not work but a game and I think it should be fun to be able to do what we were doing since the beginning of CoX. It should be fun to do it again. If not, then the option of doing something else is always possible.
The main goal is to get our home back. Having back our characters and such are, to my opinion, a very far secondary goal.