So I create a hero, enter the world, and I'm in a large grassy area surrounded by green haze. Off in the distance are buildings.
There is nothing to click, every key I click does nothing, and I don't see my character.
I lag out, log in again, and everything is working.

I am getting the same issue.

Comp Specs

i7-2600K @3.4GHz
Asus 970 4GB RAM
16GB RAM

Had the same issue.

Same thing here... But, I finally got into the world where I see my guy and everything but if I try to move or press a power button the game crashes and gives me a crash message. Tried several times and it always does the same thing. Anyone know why this is happening?

Did you have any luck Kawless?

We're working on this issue now. We fixed it before release, but somehow it has reared it's ugly head again, and now we're tracking it down. We're preparing a follow-up patch to the one going up now, and it will resolve this issue. The client hangs right before the server handshake, and creates a security pocket that prevents the server from authorizing the client. We're on it now, literally, so you can expect updates within a day or two.

Tried again today and was able to walk around the world a bit this morning. But only for about 15 min as they had to shut down the server. Had lag and issues with movement. I tried logging in again this evening but I'm back to game crash as soon as I enter the environment. Tried several times but it always crashes. I can run DC Universe with no issues, so I don't think it's my computer. If it's powerful enough to run that game I shouldn't have issues running this one, but I don't know. Maybe this one takes a lot more than what I have and that's the problem. LOL I'm really not sure what I'm suppose to be seeing as far as quality goes, so I don't know what input to give. If there was a video showing what it's suppose to look like now I could compare with what I'm actually seeing or suppose to be seeing... but the problem is I can't stay in the game long enough to find out anyway, so I'm no help really.