My character is gone, makes me start new game

[Beccafofecca]

Datacenter is one thing, server another. The client does not always default to the right server even if you are on the right datacenter.

If you were visiting another datacenter, your character would likely show up on the world in that datacenter you were last on.

So, just to double-check:
Which world and datacenter should your character be on?
Are you looking at that world at the character selection screen?

Oh I didn't realize that!
So, when I logged off I was in Famfrit on Primal so I suppose my character should still be there.
As for a character selection screen, it doesn't prompt one. The home screen just says "Start, Data Center, Configurations, Exit". When I hit start, it makes me select a data center and starts up the opening cutscene for starting ARR