[quote]Bungie has clarified with IGN even further saying that yes, your progress will 100% carry over to the sequel.
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[quote]The idea is that the Guardian you have created is something you can bring along with you on that adventure. If you take a look at the way people have played other games for a long period of time, they've had a relationship with the same character for a very long time.[/quote]
http://uk.ign.com/articles/2014/12/07/bungie-wants-player-progress-to-carry-over-to-destiny-sequel
Edit: Added link to interview with DeeJ
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Unfortunately if you think about the text of the article alone, not what you think "progression" means, DeeJ was right. Your character will carry over. Your "progression", as he tells it, will carry over in the place of emblems for your accomplishments. If you assumed progression would be K/D, weapons, vault, shaders, ships, etc., then you thought wrong. I don't blame you for the assumption. You are linking to an article that is almost three years old. Plans change over time. Maybe at that time they thought more things would transfer. I, personally, like keeping my Guardian and losing all my stuff. Starts him on a new journey.