A character list would be useful for returning players

I activated an old account from 2006 which I plan to play during the head start, and had a very hard time finding which characters are on that account. I remembered my two main characters from that account, but didn't remember on which server they were, and didn't know if I had other characters and where.

I spent a lot of time checking out the servers, and ended up writing a list of which of them I visited, because the server list keeps changing order, so it's impossible to go over them methodically. I decided to quit after I found the characters I remembered (the only ones who were over level 5). I know, I should probably have checked Virtue earlier in the cycle. I found 8 characters in total so far.

I think it would help quality of life enormously for returning players if there was a list of characters and which server they're on.

In fact for Premium and Free accounts I think that the server list should only be shown as a choice at character creation, since most of them will have fewer characters than there are servers in the game. But that's just a nice to have for the future. A character list would do wonders.

If there's anything like this now and I just missed it, let me know.

Hmmm... I had honestly NEVER thought about this issue before. I guess because I have never not had an active account since I started... and because I can't imagine forgetting where I put my characters.

But, for those folks who need it, it might be nice to have a single list that just shows ALL of the characters on the account and instead of listing the Zone they are in, lists the server. I suppose it could simply always be at the top of the server list screen.

If nothing else, having a tally next to the server name with how many characters reside on a server would be nice. Several current MMOs do this.

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I agree, that would be a large enough step that a list won't be needed, just be a nice to have.

As a workaround in the mean time, using the Test Server copy tool is a quick* way to get a list of all the characters you have on each server.


*Well, quicker then using the game client, anyway.

The servers rearrange themselves every time you visit them to put the last you logged into at the top of the queue. This makes going down the list of servers very hard if you're not paying close attention, because you always have to remember what's NEXT in the list. And if you're like me and you log into a server, see three characters, check them out and go "Oh, I remember this costume! Man, that is so cool, why did I forget to use it? It would work so well on this character I'm making... I really should finish writing his story though." then by the time you're back to server select you no longer remember which server it was that you were going to visit next.

Having a list of characters arranged by server, even if it's just names, ATs, powersets and levels with no pictures, would help tremendously.

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