Playing the quest mode some characters have a number next. Example I have like three different Senoi's rank 2 3 and 6. But when I drag a experienced character onto the party tab, they start at level 1 and have their basic cards. So what is the point of the experience characters.

Number is the level of the character. (Much like character level in rpg games) My characters Are now level 29 so They have Number 29 near them.

You can look completion From the character view to look what happens in each level.

 

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You can scroll down and see all rewards that character can get an has got so far.

Edited May 26, 20169 yr by Hannibal_PJV

They shouldn't be level 1 - you should be getting the character of the level you see - not sure what is happening in your case.

The most common reason of not having progress is that you don't have game Center or play Center account activated.

Just to cover all bases, if you have multiples of a character, the name may be followed by a number: "Seoni 6". This is different from the character's level. If you have multiple characters with just basic cards, it's possible you started a quest game then finished without succeeding the scenario. Right now, characters don't get levels if they don't succeed a scenario.