Elyngas if u need help with that drop, u can PM me and tell me a bit of who/where/how (since I have not played the game myself that much I need help here where to look before I can do my analysis)
of what I can "tell" about that drop is that my intention was that it would be kind of a "challenge" not really a needed-quest item, now Im not sure how Haseo decided to use it so we can look into that. that drop is "hard to get" BUT it should be easier if that drop is connected to a "mission" (u know those buttons popups inside the textbox showing requirements).
Thedarkdragon007 you don't need to kill your character, u can actually just create a new one. with "badges" u can fastforward up to kerning city. and with leveling coins (25/50) u can get to level 50. surely if u want higher level u will need to kill your main character.
when u create a new character its all fresh, so even if the other character "is" corrupted in some way (due to old saves and switches/variables a bit messed up) they will not stick. only the "global" variables (that allow u to see scenes in recollection) and as well all the items/mesos in your stash are stored between characters, but nothing critical for quests.
as for "quest" stuff, Haseo can look into it, as he will know what u need to do if theres something wrong or u need to do something to unlock the quests. old saves can be a bit of a problem but usually Haseo can fix it all.
the reason is that the quests can be updated while your save will not. theres a couple of updater-functions when u start the game, but nothing is failproof. we try our best to not get into issues, but sometimes we do huge upgrading that changes quite a bit of the structure of the story/save. that is why some old save will not even work. but those that load, should be 99% working.