...and then when I do get past login, and select a character, there's an even lower success rate to enter the game. Typically bounced to login screen with a generic message, like "Can't connect to game server .. do you have an internet connection?"

I was playing on a different windows machine just fine up until late last week, Thursday night I think. Since then, really haven't played, but not for lack of trying (or testing via the open support ticket I have). On that machine, I tried everything suggested in the forums, and the support site, like port forwarding/triggering, tested as DMZ, white listing apps in virus scanner, windows firewall, etc. I even had a new PC show up on Monday, and with a fresh install, and more of the same debugging on that box, still crazy login errors, and the occasional miracle to load a character.

The support ticket is pretty long at this point, DNS flushes, loader ProgamData removal, etc. I've run with a default set of settings (graphics, etc), no addons, and with admin privileges on everything. I can't get into the game to play.

Anyone else having this problem? Did you have this problem any time recently? What have you done that I haven't tried to fix it? Help me out! I don't want to move on to another game, but if I can't play, I can't play /shrug.

Cheers all
./gray