I successfully submit character names and crash entering norrath only to come back and the character be completely gone... Is someone else actually getting these names after ive already created with them or is the game eatting these and sending them into the void? (seems more likely)
This is part of the life of a new server, be happy they are still popular enough to cause problems like this. Take a deep breath, and go do something else while things settle down. Waiting isn't going to kill you.
The names are getting eaten, you can petition them, but if you time out on your first log in attempt your name will get bugged.
I crashed before going into world and my character was still there next time I made it to character select. After about 15 mins.
Stressing won't get you into the world faster, but it will make you feel worse when you arrive. Enjoy a relaxing beverage and float along the lazy river. You'll be fine! At some point, the characters I've created will all be 1) out of the world 2) available at character select (some are, some aren't visible), and 3) logged into a starting zone successfully. At that point I will play EQ. Until that point, I'll calmly work toward that end.
I have the same issue. Six minutes of waiting to get a 'Server not responding' message. When I try to go to the server again, it wants me to log out the character, but it isn't listed in the server list when I finally get there.
High school students have managed to create web services on general, low cost market level clouds that handle load better than this...
You seem to miss the point of this I don't want to go do something else I want to play EQ on one of the new TLP servers that were available at 12 noon PST and still cannot. I pay money to be able to play when they state they are available not "go do something else while things settle down". That's like paying for an airline flight at 12 noon from LA to NY and getting to the airport and the airline telling you the plane is here and is operational but you can't get on it yet "go do something else while things settle down"
The world server is currently at maximum capacity...average wait time 1707551m Really??????????????????????????????
I finally get a login queue message Average wait time 1707551m !! Guess I'll have to go do something else for 3.2 years !!!