It is mentioned in the bottom of the thread, after many complaints I decided to remove the level setting.
I would also like to clear up that this is EARLY ACCESS. Not a BETA test. This means accounts, levels, items, etc. will NOT be reset.
As for the shops and starting location, this was also done to ease things up in the first week of release.
This is also not well received by some, if this is the case for many this will also be removed.
Thanks for the feedback and nice comments so far