Connection Issues after character selection

[Gorvast10]

Tried logging in ten minutes ago, had abit of lag loading my character screen, but after a minute it pops up but then when i select a character to play i get a whopping 5 minute loading bar, but after when i finally get into the game everyone is running on the spot then after a good 3 minutes its DC'd me, anyone know whats going on or something?

[cleanandjake]

This is STILL happening to me 4 hrs later... I still havent been able to log on anywhere; and ive done all the troubleshooting...

[AverageJoe]

That sounds like really, really bad lag.