Quote Originally Posted by AvalonBright View Post
Fortunately this recent attempt is a friend in Europe, so trying at 3am EST was no big deal for him. ... Except in the span of 20 minutes when he first looked and the time it took to make his character, it closed again. It's not like he even missed the end of a window, it literally opened and closed in the span of 20-30 minutes. It's ridiculous. :\
The solution to that is save your character's appearance. It shouldn't take 20 minutes to select your patron diety and class - so have him create the look he wants now, save the appearance, and then load it when he goes online the next day. Balmung has always been open at around 6am EST.