Hey there! The wipe was necessary because we have totally reworked the weapon system (it now uses 1 weapon with 2 unique attacks instead of 2 different weapons). We are sad to hear that it hurt your feelings so much, and we've decided to announce any possible wipes in advance. Though we don't have any kind of wipes in mind, the one that happened with 4.2.5 was well-deserved. If you would love to get your saves back, we can provide you with that option. Please, contact us if you're interested to get all your stats and upgrades back. One more thing: the game is in Early Access right now and things like resets and reboots are meant to happen occasionaly. Once again, we're sad to see you've been so heartbroken with something like this reset that was totally neccasary regarding the huge in-game changes.