I recently downloaded this game to my iPhone 6 plus, and I played for several hours and gained at least 6 levels for Merisiel and Kyra through Story and Quest modes. When I logged back in this morning, all the levels and character progression was reset to zero. I had finished Perils of the Lost Coast and purchased Burnt Offerings, and the progress there remains the same as does the gold that I had earned. Is this normal? Do I need to start character levels over every time I re-log in? This seems very counter productive and I can't see how to progress through the game like this and I surely don't want to spend any real money on this game should this be the case.
I did try that, but it still didn't change it. And today when I played, I got gold for finishing areas, but no XP at all. Do you only gain XP in certain play modes, like 'Quest'?