Online profile for character creation?

[Grompus]

I've been having a fairly consistent problem with character creation and locked donator options. I have noticed it numerous times over the last err well forever sometimes it takes me 10+ tries at the character screen to work.

On the main screen I am logged in, but when it comes to character creation it can't find a connect to the login server and thus the donator specific options are locked.

Is this an issue with ping response? I am in Australia so it is usually quite high at the best of times.

Any thoughts?

[HousePet]

Are you waiting for the news bar to load?

You should.

[MagicWalker]

same problem!

[Grompus]

Bingo!

That is the issue, I just need to wait another few seconds until the news items come up. You'd think when I spend hours in-game I could wait the extra few seconds without getting impatient...

Thanks.