You did not use the database module and as a result it will take ALOT of time for your players to create characters at first. The database (feats) need to be populated from a file (this takes alot of time). The good news is the more people that join your server and make "different" characters will take less and less time to make characters as the data base gets populated. When i first made my server it took 30 min to make a character, after making almost every character i could by myself and having 100+ players now character creation is under 5min.
Sit back, make a pot of coffee, smoke if you got them and "wait"
gee....... dont i feal like an idiot I know it is running smooth on our server, and the forums have been quiet with problems, so im still sticking with "its close"