I can't. I just get a "Character delete failed" message, then logged out of Preview.
Logged on the each character to see if moving them to PE would help deleting:
CW (in WoD) got auto moved to PE but still cant be deleted,
DC (in WoD) logs on briefly then I get a server disconnect,
same for TR (IWD). Both still cannot be deleted.
Deleting actually works (but it's quite annoying). You come to char selection after starting the game, then try to delete a char. This deletion fails and you get logged out. Log in again and try another deletion. This time it works. When you want to delete another char after this it will fail again and you get logged out. I'm happy I just wanted to remove 3 chars
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kreatyveMember, Neverwinter Moderator, NW M9 PlaytestPosts: 10,545Community Moderator
edited January 2015
I've been having this problem somewhat too. I found that logging onto the character and making sure the mailbox is empty helps a little (maybe).
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Log in again (directly after the forced logout). You can then delete one character. The second deletion will fail again. For more deletion - rinse and repeat Worked for me.
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edited January 2015
I got the same error and kicked to log in screen my first try. After that, I selected the character to delete, selected a different character, then selected the character to delete again and then deleted the character successfully. I was able to do this for all the characters I wish to delete, without error, as long as I selected a different character first and then re-selected the character to delete.
So, try this:
Step 1) Select the character to delete. (do not delete it yet)
Step 2) Select a different character. (do not delete it either)
Step 3) Select the character to delete again.
Step 4) Delete the character.
Honestly I gave up as I have so many there and itd take me too long to try. Ill just wait till its working normally
Well, if you tried the work around I posted and it worked for you, it would literally only add one tenth of a second per character to delete. Mainly, I'd just like to know if that works for anyone else or if it was just a fluke with my 4 characters.
Tried the workarounds here. None of them worked. Think it was a fluke on your part. Not that this is the worst of the bugs I am experiencing...
For testing this issue I created some more copies on Preview. zebular's workaround is working great for me. But you have to do one more step if you want to delete the char that is already selected on login: select another char. After this you can follow zebular's steps (select char to delete -> select another char -> select char to delete -> delete).
Tried the workarounds here. None of them worked. Think it was a fluke on your part. Not that this is the worst of the bugs I am experiencing...
Same here. No luck on the work arounds.
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Edit: Tried again. Actually had to log on with a character that I was going to keep, switch to change character screen, select my toon to delete and it worked fine.
Some may need extra steps, some may not.
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zebularMember, Neverwinter Moderator, NW M9 PlaytestPosts: 15,270Community Moderator
edited January 2015
Thanks for the continued reports all, especially if work-arounds were working for you or not!
For testing this issue I created some more copies on Preview. zebular's workaround is working great for me. But you have to do one more step if you want to delete the char that is already selected on login: select another char. After this you can follow zebular's steps (select char to delete -> select another char -> select char to delete -> delete).
Yep. Did all that. Maybe it is me as this is only one of several bugs I have encountered. For instance it won't let me put boons into anything but ToD.
Well, if you tried the work around I posted and it worked for you, it would literally only add one tenth of a second per character to delete. Mainly, I'd just like to know if that works for anyone else or if it was just a fluke with my 4 characters.
I was able to delete my characters from preview yesterday after initially having trouble. I believe the workaround you proposed is what worked for me, however I didn't really put 2 and 2 together as to what the solution was at the time. It was only after selecting 1 character that I was able to go back to the selection screen and delete a different one.
visited the preview shard during maintenance, intending to clean up my chars prior to mod6 testing, only to find that some character deletes succeeded, but two obstinately continued to return CHARACTER DELETE FAILED ...
I submitted a ticket and got a fast reply, which nada nada says support is not provided for preview etc ...
so my two slots are currently occupied by out of date toons, no slots for the new class, any advice on how to handle this would be appreciated, preview is a relatively unfamiliar place for me
Thanks in anticipation, hoping its just a glitch of sorts
TBH I didnt even bother to try logging into that toon, its something more to investigate, anyway hope a dev sees this thread and can offer advice
update - I did manage to delete one once the maintenance had finished, but the other still refuses to leave
OK, returned to preview, and successfully logged into the offending char, to find that some 'accomplishments' eg completion of tasks was flagged up ... perhaps this was related ? anyway, returned to character screen, and then successfully deleted the char ... still uncertain of what the specific problem was though, which will probably bother me for far longer than the original issue.
I am unable to delete enough characters to roll up a new character for testing. Anyone else having this issue? I was able to delete a character, but that was it.
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I have to delete 40 characters now, and it works one out of 4 times /wrists
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Keep trying it will work.
Logged on the each character to see if moving them to PE would help deleting:
CW (in WoD) got auto moved to PE but still cant be deleted,
DC (in WoD) logs on briefly then I get a server disconnect,
same for TR (IWD). Both still cannot be deleted.
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So, try this:
Step 1) Select the character to delete. (do not delete it yet)
Step 2) Select a different character. (do not delete it either)
Step 3) Select the character to delete again.
Step 4) Delete the character.
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Honestly I gave up as I have so many there and itd take me too long to try. Ill just wait till its working normally
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For testing this issue I created some more copies on Preview. zebular's workaround is working great for me. But you have to do one more step if you want to delete the char that is already selected on login: select another char. After this you can follow zebular's steps (select char to delete -> select another char -> select char to delete -> delete).
Same here. No luck on the work arounds.
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Edit: Tried again. Actually had to log on with a character that I was going to keep, switch to change character screen, select my toon to delete and it worked fine.
Some may need extra steps, some may not.
=RV=
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Yep. Did all that. Maybe it is me as this is only one of several bugs I have encountered. For instance it won't let me put boons into anything but ToD.
I was able to delete my characters from preview yesterday after initially having trouble. I believe the workaround you proposed is what worked for me, however I didn't really put 2 and 2 together as to what the solution was at the time. It was only after selecting 1 character that I was able to go back to the selection screen and delete a different one.
I submitted a ticket and got a fast reply, which nada nada says support is not provided for preview etc ...
so my two slots are currently occupied by out of date toons, no slots for the new class, any advice on how to handle this would be appreciated, preview is a relatively unfamiliar place for me
Thanks in anticipation, hoping its just a glitch of sorts
update - I did manage to delete one once the maintenance had finished, but the other still refuses to leave
http://nw-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?832041-Cannot-delete-character-from-test
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