If you have a bad net connection or just a bad connection to the server then you are probably expeiriencing the same problem that stops all of us with bad connections from being able to play because we cant get past char creation. This bug has been around for a long time now, and ive seen a fair few posts about it, not much you can do now but just wait for it to be fixed (dont expoect a fix to come fast cos ive been waiting a long time now). While you wait you could create your own local server and play around on it, or just keep trying to connect to a server, youl eventualy get on.... just dont disconnect else you wont be able to get back on again

. Anyway, what seems to happen with this bug is it gets to char select, then suddenly starts transfering data as fast as the connection will allow, then suddenly it stops.... the server just stops responding, and you eventualy time out and get dropped back to server select, anyone wanna try fxing this cos i havnt been able to play in a long time bacuse of it and i wanna play

(though i can play just fine on a local server).