Basically when the servers are down, DON'T create a temporary character. It tells you everything you do won't be saved. I think people go ahead and play and rank up and when their character gets deleted they wonder why. I got my character back successfully by just going back to campaign and then dashboarding, it autosaves. The only thing I dont like about the game online is that it seems like no one is using the map, we all gun around one main building and no one is getting in vehicles or jets. Maybe everyone is just adjusting to online but another thing i didnt like is how each time I want to quit on deathmatch and go to the other I have to leave the entire deathmatch online, wait for the thing to zoom out, and then go back to regular online pull my phone out and hope I get into a team deathmatch.