I just watched a youtube video that showed what happens when you beat the game. None of this game matters if when i finally beat the game, it destroys the character i worked so hard…and spent my precious little free time…to build. And takes me back to the create a new character screen. Not happy about that, and i feel like i wasted my money, but more importantly months and months of my time during pre-release. I was so hopeful. I was hoping the ending would be that i take off my bracelet, KEEP my awesome character that i worked so hard to build, and be able to explore lands beyond the Curse Wall. Funcom, how could you do this to us? Is this a joke or fun for you to see all us poor scmucks build sandcastles and then you get to kick them over as our “reward” for beating the game? How could you !? My trust and faith in funcom is lost. I guess its time to find a new game.
It should be possible to continue playing with your character… i agree.That sucks.
you can either free your character from the prison or you can stay in the prison and play[/spoiler]. Game is situated inside the cursed wall… not outside. SO AGAIN… keep your character and play. Or be a “Hero” and save your character and play again… Wtf is wrong with you people?[spoiler]This text will be blurred
So does your world stay? Buildings and such? Or is it a total wipe?
you can choose, if you wish toe end the game by leaving the exiled lands and deleting your character, OR stay and keep playing with all your buildings and stuff. If you leave your character is deleted and you receive achievement
I have no idea, but i’m not gonna waste any more of my precious time to find out myself. Would be curious to know the answer to that, though.
My reaction was: 
is that really the end of the game? why does it have an end? Age of Conan did not have an ending like that, I felt like when I saw a user reach the center of the galaxy in No Man’s sky 
I really don’t see the problem? You free the character, hence they get out of the exiled lands which is, after all, where we play the game? I mean… You can just choose NOT to do it, there really isn’t anyone forcing you to… Since I heard what it does I’ve actively just dropped every single item that has to do with the “quest” to free yourself… On that note, I admittedly only find it to be a fitting ending. Really, as mentioned above, you free the character, and it’s basically established that the place is hell and if possible everyone would walk past the curse wall to get out. Problem is the bracelets… Not sure about everyone else but that’s what I get from the lore that’s in the game… You don’t get freedom in the exiled lands, only if you leave… Which technically makes leaving and freeing the character the only way to end the game, which is of course what happens
As for the person asking why there even is an ending, that would most likely be because back in early access i personally remember seeing people request an ending… So,to my memory at least, it’s a requested feature