Online Character Builder is LIVE!

[Mirtek]

So far two crashes and generally noticeably slower than the offline version.

 

[DK]

No free trial?!?!?

Seems a bad marketing move...

 

[Askaval30]

Anyone try loading a character from the old CB? It keeps hanging up on me on the gray loadscreen every time I try...

 

[Mirtek]

No way to insert my own character portrait or to switch the character sheet to landscape?

 

[renau1g]

Anyone try loading a character from the old CB? It keeps hanging up on me on the gray loadscreen every time I try...

Same...

 

[Ryujin]

Crashed, repeatedly, when trying to load it in Firefox. Gave up and switched to IE8 and got further, then ran into multiple crashes again. Now on my 8th or 9th attempt to work through a test character.

*EDIT* Correction; IE7.

 

[Kelvor Ravenstar]

I wish there was a way to see the math, like we could with the old character sheet, for at least the defenses. It took me a few minutes to figure out why my Knight's AC jumped up a point, until I realized it had automatically given the bonus for masterwork plate to AC. I couldn't find masterwork armors listed separately at all.

One neat benefit of the builder, is it has a little information that the compendium does not yet have. One of my player's just acquired the Anarusi Codex tome implement, and when I looked it up in the builder I found that it had been given the Rare type. So check your items for new rarities! Maybe there's more Common or Rare items that haven't been noticed yet. No Staff of the Magi yet, Anarusi Codex is the only rare implement thus far, not counting weapliments. Holy Avenger is still Uncommon, so I guessing that some things will change when the DM's kit information is added.

I haven't had any technical issues with the program yet, but I haven't tried Importing a character. Running fine and faster than the offline builder did in some ways in Safari 5.0.2 on my Macbook with the latest Silverlight update.

 

[Piratecat]

I'm trying to separate "overwhelmed by people and crashing" from "dang, this is buggy and crashing." I'm running into more of the latter. If you look at the known bug list, it looks to me like the CB needed another month of bug-squashing and polish before it went live.

I really want a good first impression, but it isn't happening and I'm getting frustrated. I'll come back in a week or so once they've had a chance to stomp some more bugs.

 

[Pseudonym]

Crashed, repeatedly, when trying to load it in Firefox.

Same on my end. Crashed in Firefox, ran at a snail's pace under Chrome. Better speed on IE8, but it still keeps crashing trying to do up my mage for tonight. Made it through my Encounters character with no problems though.

 

[Ketjak]

I heard the downloadable CB is still available if hidden - anyone have the link in their history? I don't here at work. :/