10-29-2003, 10:50 PM
You need to play a character for at least 2 hours within 10 days of his creation to prevent him from expiring. The expiration status in the character selection page is not updated in real time however. I played one of my characters for 4 hours on the afternoon of the patch, and he still had the "Expires in 10 Days" warning up until the next morning. As long as you are certain that a character has been played for more than 2 hours, you shouldn't worry too much about that expiration warning not updating itself right away.